Author: Kirsi Seppänen
Nike celebrates circular design with ‘most sustainable shoe to date’
The Nike Air VaporMax 2020 Flyknit is one of Nike’s most sustainable shoes to date, the company says, being made with at least 50% recycled…
Powerhouses: nanotechnology turns bricks into batteries
The humble house brick has been turned into a battery that can store electricity, raising the possibility that buildings could one day become literal powerhouses….
Danish researchers eye clover grass-based protein to replace soybean meal
Researchers at Denmark-based Aarhus University are currently examining whether it will be possible to replace traditional protein sources with protein from clover grass in organic…
Sharks contaminated with plastic are ‘cause for concern’
There are trillions of microplastics in the ocean — they bob on the surface, float through the water column, and accumulate in clusters on the…
Agriculture replaces fossil fuels as largest human source of sulphur
A new study has found that fertiliser and pesticide applications to croplands are now the most important source of sulphur to the environment. Sulphur is…
Risk of COVID-19 plastic trash pile-up worries Europe
Concerns are rising across Europe that the coronavirus-induced slump in oil prices could knock demand for recycled plastics but data is still patchy on how…
Australian government creates new body to cut food waste
The Australian government has committed AUD 4 million ($2.8 million) in seed funding to create a new body that will be responsible for driving food…
University of Portsmouth to receive government funding to develop plastic recycling research and innovation
The UK’s University of Portsmouth is to share in £15.9 million of investment from the Solent Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP). The Solent LEP was formed…
Trek ventures into bike grips made from fishing nets
Bikemaker Trek has become the latest outdoor brand to take steps to boost its green credentials, with the launch of a new range of mountain…
Aquatic robots can remove contaminant particles from water
Scientists from WMG at the University of Warwick, led by Eindhoven University of Technology in the Netherlands, developed a 1cm by 1cm wireless artificial aquatic…
Climate change: Satellites record history of Antarctic melting
Twenty-five years of satellite observations have been used to reconstruct a detailed history of Antarctica’s ice shelves. These ice platforms are the floating protrusions of…
Kiribati’s president’s plans to raise islands in fight against sea-level rise
Kiribati will raise its islands above the ocean as part of its fight against sea-level rise, seeking help from its new diplomatic partner China to…
Microsoft uses AI to boost its reuse, recycling of server parts
Microsoft is bringing artificial intelligence to the task of sorting through millions of servers to determine what can be recycled and where. The new initiative…
Ellen Macarthur foundation launches new circular design toolkit
The Ellen MacArthur Foundation (EMF) has launched a new resource, entitled the ‘Circular Design Toolkit’, designed to assist manufacturers in minimising the environmental impact of…
Algae-Based Flip-Flops Could Eradicate Tons of Plastic Waste
As the world’s most popular shoe, flip-flops account for a troubling percentage of plastic waste that ends up in landfills, on seashores and in our…
Starbucks reintroduces reusable cups to stores
Having reopened stores under Government guidance, Starbucks is enabling the use of reusable cups in a safe method. No shared touchpoints are in place between…
New Paper Addresses the Mix of Contaminants in Fukushima Wastewater, Highlights Risks of Dumping Into the Ocean
Nearly 10 years after the Tohoku-oki earthquake and tsunami devastated Japan’s Fukushima Dai-ichi Nuclear Power Plant and triggered an unprecedented release radioactivity into the ocean,…
Breakthrough: Restored Corals Ready to Become Parents
For the first time, massive corals restored to Florida’s Coral Reef are ready to become parents in the wild—a breakthrough in Mote Marine Laboratory’s scientific…
Mauritius declares environmental emergency after oil spill
The Indian Ocean island of Mauritius has declared a “state of environmental emergency” after a Japanese-owned ship that ran aground offshore days ago began spilling…
Nestlé Purina hits zero waste target
St. Louis-based Nestlé Purina PetCare Co. it has reached its goal for 2020 to achieve zero waste for disposal across all manufacturing operations in the…
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