Carbonplace, CIX collaborate for blockchain-based carbon trading
Mar 29, 2022 23:59 pm UTC| Nature Economy Business
Carbonplace and Climate Impact X (CIX) are collaborating to create a pilot for a seamless blockchain-based platform for voluntary carbon credit trading. The organizations will help customers buy, trade, and settle...
Starbucks Japan to reduce plastic usage
Mar 29, 2022 23:58 pm UTC| Nature Economy Business
Starbucks Japan announced four measures to help reduce plastic usage in their stores as part of the companys global effort to reduce waste by 50 percent by 2030. Beginning April 18, 106 Starbucks stores in Japan will...
Japanese firms to scale back on distributing disposable plastics beginning April 1
Mar 29, 2022 23:58 pm UTC| Nature Economy Business
Japans plastic waste recycling and promotion law will take effect on April 1, forcing businesses to reduce their reliance on 12 single-use plastic items, including forks, spoons, and toothbrushes. The new law requires...
Scientists find microplastics in blood in 80% of humans
Mar 25, 2022 23:59 pm UTC| Nature Health Science
Scientists in the Netherlands have discovered microplastics in human blood for the first time from nearly 80 percent of 22 anonymous, healthy volunteers, warning that the ubiquitous particles could also be making their way...
Puma trials garment-to-garment recycling in football jerseys
Mar 24, 2022 23:45 pm UTC| Sports Nature Economy
German sportswear company Puma is piloting an innovative production process dubbed Re: Jersey that uses old football kits to produce new ones. The process is aimed at reducing waste and paving the way towards more...
S. Korea opens first biogas hydrogen fueling station
Mar 24, 2022 23:45 pm UTC| Nature Economy Business
South Koreas first biogas hydrogen fueling station equipped with an operating system that integrates the production, storage, transport, fueling, and sales process has opened in Chungju, 147 kilometers south of...
S. Korea to begin using eco-friendly airport ground vehicles
Mar 23, 2022 23:25 pm UTC| Nature Economy
The South Korean government announced it would outsource a study on the introduction of eco-friendly airport ground vehicles to replace existing ones. Presently, diesel special vehicles are used for most of the ground...
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