The world’s oceans are filled with plastic. More than 5 million pieces of it are floating around, being eaten by fish and passed up the food chain. Every year, more than 100,000 marine animals and seabirds are killed by plastic waste.
Illustration: P. Huey. Sourced from U.T. Bornscheuer, Science 351:1154 (2016).
Of the 342 million tons of plastic produced each year, a tiny fraction of it – about 14% – is recyclable.
Your future purchases from IKEA may come encased in packaging that could help feed your tomatoes or make the red in your roses a little bit deeper.
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IKEA is tossing around the idea of phasing out polystyrene and replacing it with mycelium packaging made by Evocative Design, which is both compostable and biodegradable. Mycelium is made from the root structure of mushrooms, plus agricultural waste like corn husks and stalks.
Wasted medicine, glass action lawsuit and food deserts + this day in history w/Hayes' sElection and our song of the day by Allen Stone on your Morning Monarchy for March 2, 2016.
People are making a lot of money off the new 'sharing economy'; London brewery teams with food activist to make beer out of wasted bread; and Ireland's most hated bankster is going home for justice.
People are making a lot of money off the new 'sharing economy'; London brewery teams with food activist to make beer out of wasted bread; and Ireland's most hated bankster is going home for justice.
Healthy stamps, ugly food and re-Colonelization + this day in history w/the Blaine Act and our song of the day by the Fruit Bats on your Morning Monarchy for February 17, 2016.
This week on GNNW: France says it's a sin to waste food; Italian dairy raises €6M in cheese-backed bonds; and despite the fear-mongering, crime continues to drop.
This week on GNNW: France says it's a sin to waste food; Italian dairy raises €6M in cheese-backed bonds; and despite the fear-mongering, crime continues to drop.
As one of the richest nations in the industrialized word, the U.S. wastes an estimated 40% of all food. If we reduced that number by just 15% we could feed half of the nearly 50 million Americans, 15 million of them children that go hungry every single day. Landmark legislation was recently introduced to combat hunger and reduce food waste, but it needs help getting Congress’ attention.
Feeding livestock waste from Bt cotton crops is an ill-advised way to eradicate the bollworm pest, but the Pakistan government has told farmers to do it anyway. This, despite warnings from organizations that Bt cotton could harm the animals.
Animals fed Bt cotton waste are in danger of aflatoxin fungus and Bt toxic acute poisoning. Both can build up in the animals’ systems.
