[ad_1] Starbucks unveiled a new cup lineup that the company says will keep more than 13.5 million pounds of plastic out of landfills every year. The new cups, announced ahead of Earth Day, are made with up to 20% less plastic and will require less water to make, but come amid a new report that found plastic…
[ad_1] Jan Dell is a former chemical engineer who has spent years telling an inconvenient truth about plastics. “So many people, they see the recyclable label, and they put it in the recycle bin,” she said. “But the vast majority of plastics are not recycled.” About 48 million tons of plastic waste is generated in…
[ad_1] Starbucks is rolling out a greener beverage option, but it won’t come in the company’s classic green-and-white cups. Starting Wednesday, drive-thru customers and those who place orders through the coffee chain’s mobile app can bring their own cups, an effort to cut down on waste, the company said Wednesday. The only requirement is that…
[ad_1] As demand for electric vehicles continues to grow, one start-up company is looking to make the cars even more sustainable – by turning used tires into batteries. Most electric vehicles rely on lithium-ion batteries for their power. But critics say that those batteries are far from being as efficient, environmentally friendly and sustainable as…
[ad_1] What generally happens when clothes go out of style is giving the fashion industry a bad look. “The fashion and textile industry is one of the most wasteful industries in the world,” said Conor Hartman, chief operating officer of Circ, a climate tech startup trying to refashion the clothing industry. “The world is producing…
[ad_1] Earthshot Prize finalist cracks code on recycling poly-cotton clothing – CBS News Watch CBS News One of the finalists in the running for the Earthshot grand prize of $1.2 million is an innovation that can process the hardest types of “fast fashion” to recycle — poly-cotton blended garments. CBS News senior national and environmental…
[ad_1] Copenhagen, Denmark — Denmark’s Lego said on Monday that it remains committed to its quest to find sustainable materials to reduce carbon emissions, even after an experiment by the world’s largest toymaker to use recycled bottles did not work. Lego said it has “decided not to progress” with making its trademark colorful bricks from recycled…
[ad_1] Are paper wine bottles the future? Are paper wine bottles the future? 01:55 Ipswich, England — A British company is replacing glass wine bottles with a unique paper alternative, and bringing the product to the United States. Frugalpac designs and manufactures paper wine bottles in an effort to help decarbonize the drink industry. “The overall…
