Tekijä: Kirsi Seppänen
Checkerspot unveils skis made from new algae-based bioplastics
US materials innovation company Checkerspot has launched skis called Vital 100, which are made from its newest material – Algal Cast. The company unveiled its…
‘Pregnancy test for water’ delivers fast, easy results on water quality
A new platform technology can assess water safety and quality with just a single drop and a few minutes. Likened to a pregnancy test, the…
First zero-emission McDonald’s restaurant unveiled at Disney, Florida
McDonald’s has unveiled its first zero-emissions restaurant at Walt Disney World Resort in Florida, with solar arrays, green walls and kinetic bikes all featuring to…
Defund and divest: Banks, investors, and pension funds urged to stop bankrolling meat and dairy
‘Big Livestock’ is just as damaging to the planet as the fossil fuel industry, campaigners warn, yet UK banks continue to be among the sector’s…
Aldi to halve plastic packaging use in the UK by 2025
The new commitment will see 2.2 billion pieces of plastic removed from the supermarket’s product lines over the next five years, most of which will…
Soap, paint recycling organizations expand diversion possibilities
Thriving secondary commodity markets for metals, paper and board, concrete, some plastics and many end-of-life items boost the world’s landfill diversion rate. Beyond that, non-profit…
MPs warn parts of England face ‘serious risk’ of running out of water within 20 years
There is a “serious risk” that some parts of England will run out of water within the next 20 years, the Public Accounts Committee has…
‘A mockery’: Great Barrier Reef Foundation raises just $21m of $357m target
The Great Barrier Reef Foundation has raised only $21.7m out of a target of $357m in donations more than two years after it was awarded…
Venice test brings up floodgates for first time
For the first time a system of 78 mobile floodgates has been tested in Venice, after years beset by delays and corruption. The 1.5km (one-mile)…
Hungarian paprika farmers fend off drought with new ideas and EU help
Paprika farmer Peter Szabo from Batya, a village by the Danube in central Hungary, had battled against worsening drought for years until he found a…
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