EU proposes a ban on microplastics covering about 90% of pollutants
In order to tackle the ever increasing problem of plastic pollution, the European Chemicals Agency (Echa) has proposed a ban on microplastics that are mostly unnecessary and have been added to
Over 170 white foxes rescued from a Chinese fur farm, find new home at a Buddhist monastery
A fur farm in China was about to close shop due to lack of funds and dispose off the remaining white foxes when a group of volunteers stepped in rescued
Ben & Jerry’s bids goodbye to single-use plastics
Popular ice-cream maker Ben & Jerry’s is the latest company to join the ongoing war against single-use plastics. The company recently announced that it will stop the use of plastic
Boeing just successfully tested its first electric flying air taxi
Flying air taxis could well be the solution to our traffic congestion woes, and if they are also electric, it would be like the quintessential cherry on the cake! Now
Budweiser to power Atlanta with clean energy the week it hosts the Super Bowl
The Super Bowl LIII commercial released by Budweiser recently has it all – its iconic Clydesdales, a Dalmatian, Bob Dylan’s “Blowin’ in the Wind” and wind turbines. Titled “Wind Never Felt Better”, the
America’s first carpet recycling facility hopes to recycle 36 million pounds of old carpets annually
In the US alone, around 3.5 billion pounds of carpets are trashed annually, most of which end up in landfills or are incinerated. A meager 2-3% of the discarded carpets actually get
How Chennai residents befriended strays and turned them into guardians of their locality
Almost everywhere in the world, stray dogs lead a life of misery and are considered a nuisance. They are particularly a problem in big cities where they often pose a
This 12-year-old is delivering thousands of lunches to the homeless
Liam Hannon might be just 12 years old, but that has not deterred the young man from handing out lunches with little handwritten messages to the homeless people in his
This Swiss company will make sparkling water containing CO2 right out of the atmosphere
The world’s beverage industry uses huge quantities of carbon dioxide to create bubbles for their sparkling drinks. Now Swiss beverage giant Valser has collaborated with Climeworks, a company that specializes in
Meet the 70-year-old who spent the whole of 2018 cleaning trash off 52 English beaches in her spare time
70-year-old Englishwoman Pat Smith is someone each of us can take inspiration from. The elderly lady spent the entire last year picking up plastic trash from Devon and Cornwall’s beautiful beaches