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Coca-Cola: We won't stop using plastic bottles  " Customers like them too much, Bea Perez, the company's head of sustainability, told BBC News at the World Economic Forum in Davos Tuesday. -Eco Watch According to Perez, customers like these bottles because they are lightweight and can easily be resealed.  Since "business must still be in business", the company plans to recycle as much plastic bottles as it produces by 2030. What these plastics actually do "The proliferation of single-use plastic around the world is accelerating climate change and should be urgently halted, a report warns." - The Guardian If Coca cola, the no 1 corporate plastic polluter in the world has refused to ditch the use of single use plastic bottles despite growing concerns, then what model are they playing for the masses to follow. Currently  they produce about 200,000 bottles per minute, every year, which is approximately 3.3 million tons of plastic pack...

Climate Emergency: Consequences of the Australian Fires? " Humanity is in a climate emergency  ... If 2019 was the second hottest year on record on the earth’s surface, according to latest research, then I sincerely wonder what we have ahead of us with the skyrocketing climatic changes that seem to plague us. Gavin Schmidt, of NASA’s Goddard Institute of Space studies, said “The last decade was easily the warmest decade in the record and is the first decade more than 1C above late 19th century temperatures." Do you feel hotter by the day? No, not literally, I meant does the environment around you seem hotter. Do the nights feel warmer than usual? Does the day feel warmer? Wonder why the rain seems to fall more when it’s past its season or fall less during its season? The Australian fire was just a sure fire proof that the rate of climate change is much more heightened than usual. What does 'Climate Emergency' mean? Just think about a 'sta...

A 'Green' Christmas... Compliments of the season, dear readers!!!   A 'Green' Christmas? Yes, I know Christmas is nearly always green and it will nearly always be green and red and white and any other color we dream of attaching to the season. But this year's 'Green' is not the color, it's the attitude.  You know, in Eartheasy 's article, " How to have  a Green Christmas ", one of the tips on how to have a green Christmas is to Buy Smart, Think Green. But I'm just going to major on the Think Green part.  " According to a recent  study by waste management company Biffa , the UK creates 30% more waste than usual over Christmas. This includes an estimated 227,000 miles of wrapping paper and 1bn cards that end up in the bin.  -   Rebecca Smithers  (Dreaming of having a Green Christmas? Here's how to make it true) It's no news that a festive season such as Christmas requires all the 'festivity' nec...

Some Things Can be Recycled and Others Can't "Not everything can be recycled even if it's made of recyclable materials ."                                                                                          _Business Insider                                                          source: environment friend                                                                                 ...

The Dots That Connect Recycling and Sustainability '' Sustainability is the broadest, most inclusive conception of environmental protection. - John Ikerd, Recycling for Sustainability, 2007 Sustainability is a term that nearly every field uses. Nowadays, even a shoe is predetermined to be either sustainable or not. The ones that are deemed sustainable are those that are made from recycled materials or other sustainable materials. Eco-friendly shoes are how they are now regarded, made from Sustainable shoe brands.  The widest known definition for sustainability is that it is the ability of the present generation to meet their own needs without compromising the ability of the future generation to meet their own needs.  How is this possible?  One way is by recycling. Recycling in its most basic form, is the process of gathering the wastes you have and converting them into useful, reusable products. Rather than throw out your wast...