In the present times, one of the key concerns in the food & beverages industry is prevention of food wastage. Hence, manufacturers in the functional and barrier coatings for paper market are developing innovative barrier papers that help to reduce food wastage. For instance, Mitsubishi Hit
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Street vendor Shakti Singh hacks out the top of a green coconut, deftly inserts a plastic straw and passes it to a customer, one of many who have gathered around his cart to take a sip after their morning walk in New Delhi’s Jahanpannah Forest Park.
Singh has built a thriving busin
Environmentalist Jean Cox, who leads cleanups of the Cahaba River and its tributary, Pinchgut Creek, lobbied Trussville to ban Styrofoam at city concession stands. (Photo by Greg Garrison/AL.com)
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Creativity is the hallmark of this waste-side story with some startups churning out items of daily use like air-coolers, hand-carts from discarded plastic as well as drinking straws, biodegradable pens from coconut leaves. One such startup uses bamboo an
Mail Solutions Group’s Intrinsic Paper Straws business has expanded its production site and facilities as part of a major investment to support the long-term growth ambitions of the division.
Work on the extension took place over the last few months in readiness
Lisa D. Foster’s ‘Bag Lady’ is part memoir, part business journal and all about the environment.
Quite honestly, nothing makes me happier when I’m shopping than the cashier asking, “Would you like a bag?” giving me the option of using my own. I was truly eager to read Lisa D.
SINGAPORE — A tweet posted on Sunday (June 19) has sparked a viral debate on the "right" way to use the bendy straw of a drink carton, with greatly divided opinions underlining just how badly many people want to drain every last drop.
The light-hearted controversy began quietly earlier
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It is no secret that plastic straws are the bane of the environment, ranking right up there among the top 10 marine debris items, alongside cigarette butts and plastic bags. Already, scientists have predicted that by