Feb 22 minColgate introduces manual toothbrush with a reusable handle and 80% less plasticOver 495 million adult manual toothbrushes were purchased in the U.S. in 2020 and will likely end up in landfill because they cannot be...
Jan 301 minSmarties packaging in switch to recyclable paper, 250 million plastic packs now made from paperSmarties packaging has changed from plastic to paper worldwide, according to the manufacturer Nestlé. This move means that 250 million...
Jan 294 minGeneral Motors sets goal of 100% electric by 2035GM announced that it plans to become carbon neutral in its global products and operations by 2040 and has committed to setting...
Jan 273 minWaitrose ranked first for efforts to reduce plastics in Greenpeace report as it confirms latest planWaitrose has ranked first in Greenpeace’s annual league table, for the second year in a row, which looks at how supermarkets are reducing...
Jan 273 minThe world’s biggest diesel engine factory switches to electric motorsFrom less than 10% of output in 2020, electric motor production at Tremery will double to around 180,000 in 2021, and is planned to reach...
Jan 221 minHeinz removes plastic from all multipack canned products with PEFC certified paperboardHeinz continues to remove plastic from supermarket shelves with the launch of a convenient & skinny cardboard sleeves on all multipack...
Jan 131 minParis to turn Champs Élysées into 'extraordinary garden' after 2024 summer olympicsThe Champs-Élysées, a 1.9km-long avenue in central Paris, will undergo a major €250m makeover following the 2024 Summer Olympics. The...
Jan 131 minNorway becomes first country to sell more electric cars than petrol vehiclesElectric cars comprised 54% of all new vehicle sales in Norway for 2019. This makes Norway the first country to have sold more electric...
Jan 121 minOn Monday 44% of Germany's electricity came from wind powerdata available at https://windeurope.org/about-wind/daily-wind
Jan 80 minZoox has just unveiled its electric robotaxi, which can drive day and night on one single charge
Jan 50 minElectric tuk tuks in Uganda’s capital Kampala help tackle the region’s growing air pollution
Jan 51 minJapan aims to eliminate gasoline vehicles by 2035Japan aims to eliminate gasoline-powered vehicles in the next 15 years, the government announced on the 25th, last week in a plan to...
Jan 52 minTesco confirms it removed 1 billion pieces of plastic in 2020Tesco announces that it has removed one billion pieces of plastic from its UK business in just one year. In 2020, by working with its...
Jan 42 minDogger Bank Wind Farm to power 6 million UK homesDogger Bank Wind Farm and GE Renewable Energy have confirmed GE as preferred turbine supplier for Dogger Bank C, announcing at the same...
Dec 16, 20202 minDrip irrigation system developed to solve rice paddy problemAn Israeli company has developed a drip irrigation system for growing rice to replace the flooded paddies that have supplied the world...
Dec 11, 20201 minIceland to cut greenhouse emissions by 55% by 2030Iceland aims to reduce the country's greenhouse emissions by 55% by 2030, compared with levels in 1990, the government said on Thursday....
Dec 9, 20203 minCoca-Cola, Pepsi and Nestlé named top plastic polluters for third year in a rowThis year, Break Free From Plastic’s brand audit – “BRANDED Vol III: Demanding Corporate Accountability for Plastic Pollution” — an...
Dec 9, 20202 minFrance to help farmers to abandon glyphosate weedkillerFrance will give financial aid to farmers who agree to halt use of glyphosate, the farm ministry said on Monday after President Macron...
Dec 9, 20201 minTesco removes 20m items of plastic from Christmas rangeThe UK’s largest supermarket said its own-label crackers were plastic-free for the first time – cutting more than 14m pieces from the...
