The World Health Organization declared an international emergency because of the coronavirus epidemic. Many experts consider this decision to be overdue because the number of confirmed cases went over the 8,100 individuals globally who got sick during the SARS outbreak back in 2003. The director general of the organization, Tedros […]
Aldi, the discount supermarket giant, announced their plans to test alternative bags in all of their shops, in total, 830. The supermarkets will provide paper bags in half of their stores and in the other half, there will be compostable ones available. The trial started at the end of July […]
Though you may love your bed more than anything else, it’s a wasteland of germs. Most people don’t find the time to make their beds daily, let alone, wash their sheets weekly, right? However, skipping this chore may not be the best solution. When we sleep night after night on […]
Will we finally be able to say goodbye to the harmful single-use plastics? This multipurpose reusable banana leaf packaging may hold the answer to the global plastic pollution. Unfortunately, a mountain of disposable plastics is being thrown on the daily whereas there’s a huge garbage patch floating in the Pacific. […]
The newest product of Lush is a limited-edition soap which is intended for a good cause. The popular bath and body brand announced a line of koala-shaped soap bars. The All the Wild Things soaps are sold to help collect money for the animals that have been affected by the […]
Was this nothing more than a hungry dog or a concerned pet trying to save its owner from the deadly coronavirus? Even though it’s probably the former, let’s pretend for a bit that it’s the latter as we all love a smart pet who wants to keep their owner safe. […]
For people who’ve been meat eaters their entire lives, giving up bacon can be as challenging as giving up smoking for smokers is. This may explain the need for developing this patch that helps us reduce our meat consumption. A professor from Oxford, Charles Spence, has created this patch that’s […]
A school district from Indiana and a non-profit food rescue team came together to ensure children have food during the weekends. They made sure the leftover food from the school’s cafeteria doesn’t go to waste. Instead, it’s given for free to children who may not have sufficient food for the […]
Scientists claim that the world has to reach ‘peak meat’ in the next 10 years if we want to fight off the impact of climate change. In a letter they sent to the Lancet Planetary Health Journal, all, but the poorest countries, have to set a time frame for the […]
Indeed, single use plastics is destroying our oceans and killing our marine life and filling up our landfills; however, this student from the UK may have come up with a solution. She created a bioplastic from fish waste and algae and won the James Dyson Award for it. Lucy Hughes […]