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 270 minNorway has a 97% recycling rate and is 10 years ahead of the EU's 2029 plastic bottle target date
Jan 271 minElon Musk to offer $100 million prize for 'best' carbon capture technologyTesla Inc chief and billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk on Thursday took to Twitter to promise a $100 million prize for development of the...
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 203 minSeagrass collects up to 900 million plastic items in the Mediterranean Sea each yearThere is strong evidence that the seafloor constitutes a final sink for plastics from land sources. There is also evidence that part of...
Jan 153 minEuropean Union’s food safety agency says worms are safe to eatToday’s batch of EFSA scientific opinions on novel food applications includes the first completed assessment of a proposed insect-derived...
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 52 minNew monkey among 503 new species described by Natural History Museum scientists in 2020Despite an uncertain year, Museum scientists have described 503 species new to science. As the climate crisis continues to unfold, never...
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...
