Thai retailers kicked off 2020 with a ban on single-use plastic bags, joining the battle against throwaway carriers in the Southeast Asian nation where citizens go through an average of eight every day.
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Difficulties in recycling electrical waste from household clearouts during lockdown could ‘derail’ Ireland’s compliance with EU targets after a record year, the country’s largest recycling scheme has warned.
National Geographic and Sky Ocean Ventures have launched a competition open to anyone that will focus on three strategic ways to address the growing issue of plastic pollution. National Geographic and Sky Ocean Ventures have launched a global search for innovative solutions to help tackle the world’s single-use plastic problem.
Ban on 5p single-use plastic bags and replacement of bubble wrap with eco-wrap among measures…
MiraCosta College’s latest construction project comes with a green roof and vertical garden adorned with succulents and solar panels producing energy stored in a row of batteries to illuminate the structure at night.
With the COVID-19 pandemic significantly impacting global manufacturing demand and supply chains globally, there has been a considerable shift in global emissions. With such a reduction in human activity, there has been an almost 8% decrease of global energy-related CO2 emissions in 2020 to their lowest level in a decade. The UN advises global emissions must be reduced to this same extent, each year, for the subsequent decade to limit global warming to 1.5˚C.
PVH Corp. has a new corporate sustainability strategy, one that it says will set a “new level” of ambition and transparency.