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Starbucks Urged to Cut Ties With Hong Kong Chain That Still Serves Shark Fin
Starbucks is being pressured to cut ties with popular Hong Kong restaurant chain Maxim’s Caterers Limited over its offering of dishes with shark fin. Maxim’s said it phased out the controversial product in 2017 but undercover investigators with the wildlife…
IKEA to Phase Out Single-Use Plastics by 2020
Swedish furniture giant IKEA announced a slew of commitments to encourage sustainable living, including a pledge to remove all single-use plastics from its product range globally and from its restaurants by 2020. The plastics ban will apply to its 363…
Vladan Vasic, the Mayor of Pirot: The Citizens of Pirot are Proud of their City
Vladan Vasic was elected three times as the President of the Municipality of Pirot, and after the elections in 2016, he became the first Mayor since Pirot was granted the city status, prior to the elections. A significant step forward…
Iceland first UK supermarket to trial deposit return scheme
Iceland has become the first supermarket in the UK to trial the plastic bottle deposit return scheme. It has installed a reverse vending machine at its store in Fulham, London, as part of a six-month programme. It follows the government’s…
If Anything, Sludge Is a Resource
On our path to the European Union, we are bound to adopt a number of laws, among which are regulations related to the treatment of all wastewater and wastewater sludge. Despite the certain opinion which can be heard in our…
What Is the True Cost of Eating Meat
Food and farming is one of the biggest economic sectors in the world. We are no longer in the 14th century, when as much as 76% of the population worked in agriculture – but farming still employs more than 26%…
ABB-free@home® – Making Home Automation Easier than Ever
At the beginning of December last year, in 2017, the Metropol Palace Hotel presented an innovative home automation system ABB-free@home® which offers endless possibilities for creativity. The system enables the user a large number of functions and options, as well…