Consumers use 10 kilograms of plastic each year in single food deliveries: study

Feb 26, 2022 23:19 pm UTC| Nature Economy

The Korea Consumer Agency warned that a single person generates over 10 kilograms of plastic waste each year using food delivery services. The consumer watchdog studied the plastic packaging used for 10 kinds of...

McDonald's opens net-zero restaurant in the UK

Feb 26, 2022 22:34 pm UTC| Economy Nature

McDonalds has opened what it calls the UKs first net-zero carbon restaurant dubbed The Market Drayton McDonalds, which will serve as a blueprint for future restaurants around the country. The Market Drayton McDonald has...

Hana partners with KAIST to boost scientific approach towards carbon neutrality

Feb 25, 2022 23:51 pm UTC| Economy Nature

South Koreas Hana Financial Group has partnered with the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) to bolster the scientific approach toward achieving carbon neutrality by 2050. On Thursday, Hana said...

S. Korean environment ministry sets disposable cup deposit at ₩300

Feb 25, 2022 16:05 pm UTC| Law Nature Economy

S. Korea will require consumers to deposit 300 won when buying a drink in a disposable cup at a large cafe or fast-food outlet beginning June, government officials said Thursday. The environment ministry preannounced...

Climate Change Series

Climate change is warping our fresh water cycle – and much faster than we thought

Feb 24, 2022 20:44 pm UTC| Nature

Fresh water cycles from ocean to air to clouds to rivers and back to the oceans. This constant shuttling can give us the illusion of certainty. Fresh water will always come from the tap. Wont it? Unfortunately, thats...

Climate Change Series

Why the cost of mitigating climate change can't be boiled down to one right number, despite some economists' best attempts

Feb 23, 2022 22:15 pm UTC| Economy Nature

Back in November 2019, before the pandemic began, would you have guessed how important videoconferencing like Zoom would be in peoples lives just a few months later? Thats the kind of challenge economists face when they...

How three biosphere reserves came together to effectively solve the problems of nature conservation

Feb 23, 2022 22:12 pm UTC| Nature

Biodiversity conservation and the careful management of natural resources are key issues today in international relations. In the field of environmental protection, transnational cooperation is growing thanks to the...