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Jabil Announces Global Investment in Paper Packaging Solutions to Meet Heightened CPG Sustainability Demand

Jabil Inc. today announced expansion plans for its newly acquired paper bottle technology with a $25 million investment in subsidiary Ecologic’s Manteca, California, location and the buildout of a new paper bottle plant in its Sustainability Center of Excellence in Tortosa, Spain.

12 Mar 2021

Coventry University and Severn Trent in Partnership to Convert Sewage Waste into Hydrogen

Researchers from Coventry University are collaborating with Severn Trent and the Organics Group to turn sewage waste into a clean fuel for tankers and other vehicles.

12 Mar 2021

Meteorological Conditions Caused Severe Fog-Haze Events in North China Plain During COVID-19 Lockdown

At the end of December 2019, Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) quickly spread throughout Hubei Province and other parts of China. During the 2020 Spring Festival, public activities were cancelled, people tried their best to stay at home, and human and industrial activities were reduced to a basic or minimum level.

11 Mar 2021

Researchers Receive NASA Grant to Assess Changes in Tropical Biodiversity Hotspot

The Madre de Dios River watershed in southeastern Peru is a tropical biodiversity hotspot in the Amazon and home to uncontacted Indigenous peoples, which has come under threat in recent years due to an expansion in artisanal and small-scale gold mining.

11 Mar 2021

Developed Countries More Reliant on Imported, Pollinator-Dependent Crops to Sustain Food Consumption

By analyzing more than a decade's worth of information on 55 crops, all dependent on pollinators, scientists have revealed that developed countries are particularly reliant on imported pollinator-dependent crops, while countries that export the majority of these crop types are major drivers of pollinator declines.

11 Mar 2021

Nanoplastics in Estuarine Waters can Clump and Form Larger Clusters

As plastic debris weathers in aquatic environments, it can shed tiny nanoplastics. Although scientists have a good understanding of how these particles form, they still don't have a good grasp of where all the fragments end up. Now, researchers reporting in ACS' Environmental Science & Technology have shown experimentally that most nanoplastics in estuarine waters can clump, forming larger clusters that either settle or stick to solid objects, instead of floating on into the ocean.

11 Mar 2021

Sustainable Materials can be Viable Leather Alternatives

Throughout history, leather has been a popular material for clothes and many other goods. However, the tanning process and use of livestock mean that it has a large environmental footprint, leading consumers and manufacturers alike to seek out alternatives. An article in Chemical & Engineering News (C&EN), the weekly newsmagazine of the American Chemical Society, details how sustainable materials are giving traditional leather a run for its money.

11 Mar 2021

Global Sustainable Development Will Have Mixed Impacts on the World's Forests

Global targets to improve the welfare of people across the planet will have mixed impacts on the world's forests, according to new research.

11 Mar 2021

Reductions in Air Pollutants Without Greenhouse Gas Cuts Could Increase Global Warming

As countries around the world race to mitigate global warming by limiting carbon dioxide emissions, an unlikely source could be making climate goals harder to achieve without even deeper cuts in greenhouse gas production: reductions in air pollution.

11 Mar 2021

Slowdown in Global Warming Brought Down Malaria Transmission in Ethiopia

A new study reports that the deceleration in global warming observed toward the end of the past century was due to a fall in malaria transmission in the Ethiopian highlands.

11 Mar 2021

Big Hydrogen Production Plans of Proton Technologies

Proton Technologies began separating hydrogen again in late February at their project in Saskatchewan, Canada.

From Proton Technologies Canada Inc. 11 Mar 2021

The Big Issue Co-Launches Fund for People to Invest in Solving Climate Change

The Big Issue Group (TBIG), in partnership with Aberdeen Standard Investments, has launched a new fund offering people the chance to invest in solving climate change.

11 Mar 2021

Orange Signs a Major Green Power Purchase Agreement with Total, Which Will Develop 80 MW of Solar Farms in France to Honor it

Orange signed a Corporate Power Purchase Agreement (CPPA)with Total, through its subsidiary Total Quadran – one of the leaders in renewable energies in France. Total will supply Orange with 100 GWh a year of renewable electricity over a period of 20 years. This agreement will thus enable the development, by 2024, of a dozen new solar power plants spread throughout metropolitan France, with a cumulative capacity of 80 MW.

11 Mar 2021

Bins Bulge as Lockdown Trends Compound Outdated Recycling System

New research has revealed a recycling crisis in the UK with households simply running out of room in their bins and unable to recycle properly.

11 Mar 2021

Targray Launches Vegetable Oils Trading Desk in Geneva

Targray has announced the official launch of its international vegetable oils trading desk in Geneva, Switzerland. Part of a broader investment plan to meet growing global demand for sustainable agricultural commodities, the new trading desk will leverage Targray’s efficient supply chain and in-house expertise to unlock value for wholesale suppliers and consumers of edible oils in markets throughout Europe, Asia, Africa and the Americas.

From Targray 10 Mar 2021