Our love affair with single-use plastics is over or is it?)
Many countries, states and municipalities are getting serious about reducing the use of plastic bags, utensils and containers.
Source: www.mnn.com
Many countries, states and municipalities are getting serious about reducing the use of plastic bags, utensils and containers.
Source: www.mnn.com
A challenge to the interpretation of a project condition of approval may be filed more than 90 days following the project approval — San Francisco could ban natural gas in new buildings — Another bid percolating to regulate San Diego’s short-term vacation rentals — and more.
Glass manufacturing professionals attended a sustainability debate about the future of glassmaking.
International indices guide us in our efforts for constant improvement and in setting the highest of standards for our Group to achieve. We are pleased that our DJSI and FTSE4Good ratings improved over the years. These ratings assess the extent to which a company bases its decisions on social and environmental factors in addition to economic performance. They help guide investors when they make decisions.
With every passing season, the global fashion industry propagates a frenzied pace of change in trends, feeding on consumers’ insecurities, deliberately making them feel off-trend and out of fashion. The fashion cycle has now shifted from the traditional spring/summer and autumn/winter collections to over 50 new micro seasons. Global clothing production doubled between 2000-2015, while the number of times an item was worn before being disposed of declined by 36 percent. In India, customer spending on clothing rose by a whopping 181 percent between 2010-2018. The expansion of the middle-class population and growing purchasing power is likely to influence a shift from need-based purchasing to aspiration-based purchasing. This problem of overconsumption is further amplified by lucrative deals offered during shopping events such as the ‘Black Friday and Cyber Monday’ (BFCM) sales, leading to mindless consumerism.
The biggest names in tech are making efforts to effectively deal with the problem of e-waste.