18 Oct Surfers develop trash can for the ocean
A new project helps clean up the oceans with a floating debris interception device....
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16 Oct Four solutions to the disposable coffee cup problem
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in Green tech, plastic waste, Pollution, Recycling, Sustainability, Sustainable consumption
Here are four ways the coffee cup waste problem might be tackled....
13 Oct Instead of throwing out this plastic wrapper, you eat it
Evoware is made from seaweed–and if you don’t feel like eating it, it will biodegrade just fine....
12 Oct We need to kick our addiction to plastic
It's time for politicians and CEOs to step up and take action....
11 Oct Woah! Seattle kept 2 Million plastic straws out of the ocean in 1 Month – here’s how
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in Campaign, Environment, ethical living, plastic waste, Pollution, Sustainable business, Zero waste
Way to go, Seattle!...
02 Oct Meet the scientists who have made coffee cups recyclable
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in Drink, Environment, ethical living, Green tech, Ocean waste, plastic waste, Read, Recycling, Sustainable business
Only one per cent of the 2.5 billion paper coffee cups used in the UK each year are recycled, currently....
02 Oct These Adidas are made from recycled ocean plastic, and they’re the most comfortable running sneakers I’ve tried
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in Environment, ethical living, Ocean waste, Plastic bottles, plastic waste, Recycling, Sustainable business, Sustainable fashion
So we've established that the Adidas x Parley shoes are a great idea from an ecological standpoint — but are they still great shoes?...
28 Sep Wales could introduce ‘plastic tax’ to tackle ocean litter
A bottle deposit return scheme similar to one already announced in Scotland could be brought in as early as next year....
27 Sep Nestlé, Unilever, P&G among worst offenders for plastic pollution in Philippines beach audit
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in Environment, ethical living, Microplastics, Ocean conservation, Ocean waste, Packaging, plastic waste, Pollution
A total of 54,260 pieces of plastic waste were collected during the audit, with most products being sachets....
26 Sep Ocean life eats tons of plastic – here’s why that matters
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in Environment, Microplastics, Nature, Ocean conservation, Ocean waste, plastic waste, Pollution, Waste
Fish and invertebrates have been found to gobble up bits of microplastic from the sea, and that has scientists worried....