Green Consumerism
Climate change is threatening our morning cuppas
If you like your morning cup of coffee, you are hardly alone. Some 2.25 billion cups of coffee are sipped and gobbled down daily around the planet. Nor are you alone in potentially losing your favorite cups of coffee because
The EU is moving to ban 10 single-use plastic Items
If you live within the EU and you like using disposable plastic utensils, plates, straws, drink stirrers and earbuds, you aren’t in luck. The European Commission is planning to ban the use of such plastic items by 2019 in order
Greener Tires for Electric Vehicles
Electric vehicles are the vehicles of the future as motorists around Europe seek to wean themselves off fossil fuels. Yet some kinks in technology will still need to be ironed out in order for electric cars to be truly efficient.
A Dutch Supermarket sets out to go Plastic Free
Much of plastic pollution comes from a simple source: plastic packaging. Plastic is a cheap and versatile substance that can be readily made and used. Unfortunately, it can just as easily be dumped after a singe use, which has led
Microplastics threaten giant whales
Microplastics may seem innocuous enough. They are barely visible plastic beads that are the size of sand grains. What harm could they do? Plenty. Microplastics have spread far and wide in the world’s oceans, entering food chains. Even table salt