Singapore considers electric harbor boats to cut carbon emissions
Singapore is seeking proposals on the electrification of small vessels known as harbourcraft as the industry transitions towards a...
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Kenya harnesses fly larvae's appetite to process food waste
Rotten bananas? Mushy avocados? Pulped oranges? Talash Huijbers wants them all. The 25-year-old is the founder of Insectipro, a Kenyan...
Coca-Cola bottles now made of 50% recycled plastic in the UK
Coca-Cola European Partners (CCEP), in partnership with Coca-Cola Great Britain, has announced that all plastic bottles across all its...
Iceland calls for plastic packaging transparency and reveals 32,000 tonne footprint
Iceland managing director Richard Walker calls on government to make plastic packaging tonnage disclosure mandatory in order to tackle...
Persil moves to recyclable bottles containing 50% PCR plastic
In line with the launch of its refreshed laundry detergent formulation, Unilever’s Persil brand has transitioned to recyclable bottles...
Lego says its bricks will no longer be made from plastic by 2030
Lego has vowed that its bricks will no longer be made from plastic by 2030. The Danish toymaker is investing £310m in efforts to create...
Work to start on UK’s first plastic to hydrogen plant
Developer Peel L&P Environmental is pressing ahead with plans to build the first phase of its innovative plastic recycling park in...
Exxon Mobil dropped from the Dow Jones Industrial Average after nearly a century
Exxon Mobil, which joined the Dow Jones Industrial Average in 1928, is being removed from the blue-chip stock market index. Its...
U.S. Plastics Pact shares goal to make all plastic packaging recyclable by 2025
U.S. Plastics Pact, a collaborative led by The Recycling Partnership and World Wildlife Fund (WWF), launched as part of the Ellen...
U.S. Senate Democrats unveil $400 billion-a-year plan to tackle climate change + greenhouse gases
Senate Democrats on Tuesday unveiled a plan to tackle climate change that calls for the U.S. government to spend more than $400 billion a...
UK to introduce legally binding environmental targets to combat climate change
Britain said it would bring in legally binding targets on air quality, waste reduction, biodiversity and cleaner water as part of efforts...
U.S. energy-related CO2 emissions drop to record low in April: EIA
U.S. energy-related carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions in April fell to their lowest level, according to the U.S Energy Information...
Elephant population in Kenya has doubled since 1989
According to the Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS), the population of elephants in the country has more than doubled from 1989 to 2019. KWS...
UK helps reduce more than 30 million tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions globally since 2011
31 million tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions were reduced globally in the last nine years as a result of UK intervention – the...
Heineken remove 517 tonnes of plastic from millions of cans, and roll out sustainable packaging
The combination of the new topper, dubbed Green Grip, and the removal of shrink wrapping on consumer packs will eliminate over 517 tonnes...
Scientists harvest 10 more eggs from near-extinct northern white rhino in surrogate incubation bid
Scientists racing to save the northern white rhino from extinction have harvested 10 more eggs from the last two females alive which they...
London bus garage set to become a 'virtual power station' in world's largest V2G trial
A London bus garage is set to become a “virtual power station” in the world’s largest trial of a new technology to help Britain meet its...
Morrisons to replace all 'plastic bags for life' and trial paper ones
The food retailer is running a trial in eight stores from Monday which will see sturdy paper bags offered at checkouts instead. If the...
Globally endangered large blue butterfly has been successfully reintroduced to UK after 150 years
The globally endangered large blue butterfly has been successfully reintroduced at Rodborough Common in Gloucestershire in efforts to...
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