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UK Clothing Goes Green with a Wardrobe Full of Emissions Savings
WRAP says its Sustainable Clothing Action Plan 2020 has helped generate an 11.9% reduction in the carbon footprint per tonne of garments. UK clothing is going green with a wide range of environmental improvements over the last six years. The Waste &…
Malayan Tigers Are Nearly Extinct, a Biologist Warns
Time is running out for Malayan tigers in the wild. Unless conservation efforts are stepped up these critically endangered striped predators might well go extinct in their habitats in Malaysia. This stark assessment comes from tiger biologist Kae Kawanishi, a member…
World’s First Lab-Grown Steak Revealed – but the Taste Needs Work
Nascent industry aims to reduce environmental impact of beef production. The first steak grown from cells in the lab and not requiring the slaughter of a cow has been produced in Israel. The meat is not the finished article: the prototype…
Could ‘Robotic Ant’ Solar Tech Put Humans out of a Job?
Osoji Solar seems to think so – it says its dust-cleaning devices could significantly boost solar efficiency. Could ‘robotic ant’ solar tech put humans out of a job? Osoji Solar seems to think so – the Chilean startup has created a fleet of…
Legal Plastic Content in Animal Feed Could Harm Human Health, Experts Warn
Small bits of plastic packaging from waste food make their way into animal feed as part of the UK’s permitted recycling process. Plastic traces in animal feed could pose a risk to human health and urgently need to be the…
Christmas Shoppers Warned to Avoid Plastic Toys Due to Toxin Levels
Toys feature in more than half of EU alerts for products containing banned chemicals. Christmas shoppers are being warned to avoid plastic toys after they appeared in more than half of EU intergovernmental alerts for products containing banned chemicals this year.…
Ecotricity Partners up for Sustainable Jet-Setting
The supplier will work with sustainable certification programme Green Tourism. Ecotricity has launched a partnership to help the UK’s tourism industry become more sustainable. The renewable supplier will work with sustainable certification programme Green Tourism to make tourist accommodation and attractions more environmentally friendly. They will…