Due to the increasing awareness of waste issues—and with it, demand for environmentally friendly alternatives, a lot of companies have made a public promise to...
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Buying Durable Products is Good for Sustainability, but It Helps Nothing if It’s Unused
We keep on hearing (and sometimes saying it to ourselves) that it’s better to invest in something that’s durable. In many cases, we sometimes have...

Time to Begin Your Eco-Entrepreneur Journey: 8 Tips to Help You Start
Divert, a company that turns rotten produce into energy, was founded because there’s a business potential in food waste. Ryan Begin was moved when he...

Agriculture Backfire: Intensive Farming Practice can Turn a Native Plant into a Pervasive Weed
We all know that native species is important for the local environment. But what happens when they become problematic and quite damaging, especially for agriculture?...

City Dwellers or Not, Forests are Important for Cities and the People
Citizens like urban, lush parks because they reduce stress, cool the air, and make the concrete jungle a little more beautiful. If one lives in...

Eco-Friendly 5-Star Hotels can Happen Without Greenwashing: Some Examples
Contemporary hospitality industry frequently markets itself as environment-friendly, eco-aware, sustainable, and eco-conscious. However, how do we know if they’re just buzzwords and greenwashing? After all,...

Bioplastics are Getting Ubiquitous Now, but Will They Solve the Global Problem?
“To counter the plastic problem, we’re making/using bioplastic with [insert features] that won’t damage the Earth further.” We’ve all seen such statements from small green...

Mumbai’s had Unexpected Flamingo Visitors, but Now It’s Trying to Protect Them
Flamingos are known to flock in Kenya and Tanzania, where the waters are rich in alkaline. But for some decades, the birds have regularly come...

Here’s How to Clean Your Dirty Laundry While Reducing Microfiber Pollution
We know that microfiber and microplastic are a problem, and it’s upsetting when we see tiny bits of colors in our laundry water or our...

Recycling Rigid Plastic Have Happened, But What About the Multilayer Kind?
Recycling plastics have happened to those rigid in forms, such as pallets and furniture, or the ones with only one polymer material (monolayer). The flexible,...