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Alice + Whittles makes use of high-quality materials that would otherwise go to waste.

Supermarkets in Vietnam have adopted an initiative from Thailand that makes use of banana leaves instead of plastic as a packaging alternative. Rimping supermarket in Chiangmai, Thailand earned praise on Facebook for coming up with the eco-friendly packaging after a local firm featured it on their page last week. The novel idea, which was an instant hit among netizens, soon caught the attention of Vietnamese supermarkets. Big supermarket chains in Vietnam, such as Lotte Mart, Saigon Co.op, and Big C,have …

The new display contains plastic sourced from refuse collectors in Haiti, who earn a living by removing waste from ecosystems and waterways before it can reach the ocean—and it represents the next phase of HP's work in the circular economy.

And in more unsettling climate related news...

 

Researchers at Stanford and elsewhere also found climate change “substantially increased” the chance of armed conflict in a small portion of cases in the past century.

A Canadian supermarket has produced plastic bags with embarrassing slogans to try and encourage people to use reusable bags instead.

Canada will ban many single-use plastic items by 2021, including bags, straws, cutlery and stirring sticks, to cut harmful waste damaging the country's ecosystems.

The gulf's seabed could be an ideal place to bury Texas' carbon emissions. The state is the sixth-highest emitter in the world, behind Germany.

Elizabeth Warren, Joe Biden, Bernie Sanders and other Democratic hopefuls are competing to deliver the most aggressive climate policy packages.

The French government announced an end to the destruction of unsold non-food stock earlier this week, calling time on a practice that is common in the luxury retail sector. More than $730 million of returns and unsold inventory are routinely destroyed in an effort to maintain label exclusivity.

To avoid the worst risks of climate change, we need climate legislation that can harness the power of the whole economy to drive down emissions.

A new Stanford study finds that removing methane from the atmosphere, and converting it into carbon dioxide, could combat global warming.

East Timor generates about 70 tonnes of plastic waste each day, most of which is collected from beaches and urban areas, then burned in the open

Machine learning has the potential to make some real inroads against our biggest threat.

The state would pledge to eliminate net greenhouse gas emissions by 2050, with all its electricity coming from carbon-free sources.

The prime minister also mentioned holding companies responsible for the packaging waste they create.

The company teams up with Seven Brothers brewery to make beer from discarded Coco Pops and Rice Krispies.

The popular amusement park in Jackson gets 98% of its electricity from a massive new solar power farm that recently went into operation. The news comes as Gov. Phil Murphy's administration pushes clean energy statewide.

Some of the world's largest companies estimate they face roughly $1 trillion in climate-related risks, with most of that looming in just the next five years.

Food is contaminated with plastic, which means it's going directly into our bodies.

Deep learning has a terrible carbon footprint.

Plastic straws, stirrers and q-tips will be banned in England starting in April of 2020, the government confirmed Wednesday.

Beverage giants are developing high-tech water refill stations that invite customers to refill their own bottles for free, with the option to purchase flavors and carbonation for small fees.

From now, house style guide recommends terms such as ‘climate crisis’ and ‘global heating’