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New Starbucks cups reduce plastic and water waste while bettering accessibility to the visually impaired

[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…

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Study maps “forever chemical” water contamination hotspots worldwide, including many in U.S.

[ad_1] Sydney —— Dangerous concentrations of long-lingering “forever chemicals” have been found in surface and groundwater worldwide, according to a study released Tuesday that showed Australia, the United States and Europe as hotspots. A paper published in the journal Nature Geoscience analysed data from 45,000 water samples globally and found a “substantial fraction” had levels…

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