Did you know that there are campaigns over in China and Japan lead by their governments for people to bring their own chopsticks? Yes, people in Asia are using so much single use chopsticks that it became a huge part of the polluting problem. Taking their example, we would like to start a bring your own cutlery (#BYOC) trend.
The concept of a circular and green economy was formed in the 70s and 80s of the 20th century. They aim to rethink industrial processes. They are based on the ideas of industrial ecology and industrial metabolism (symbiosis).
Plastic pollution is so prevalent in the environment that a person consumes five grams or one credit card per week. The key question now is whether this is dangerous and what the consequences may be for human health - in the short and long term.
“Billions of forks, knives, and spoons are thrown away each year. But like other plastic items, cutlery can take centuries to break down naturally, giving the plastic waste ample time to work its way into the environment.” Ecotseco, with its not so loud voice, is starting its own conscious campaign on utensils.
July is here! Hello, Sun (said no one in Ireland)! Hello, summer! Hello, happiness! Hello, life without plastic! Yes, for us, July is not only one of the most anticipated months, but also the embodiment of the global #PlasticFreeJuly challenge. Literally - a month without plastic.
We choose to protect the planet and we urge our readers to follow suit by becoming part of the change!
This situation is relatively recent - almost half of the plastic ever produced has been made in the last 15 years. And although this is a largely revolutionary product for the world, disposable plastic generates
There are a lot of versions of the coronavirus curve that has been converted and used for better understanding the need to fight climate change. It makes sense for a lot of scientists and climate change activists to use the graphic as it is a tool people now understand. We’ve decided to do that too and give our readers our version of it.
Welcome to our third part of the Baby Steps Towards Sustainable Life. Here through this blog and some visual aids across our social media channels, we will be introducing some tips and tricks that we believe will help anyone willing to live a more sustainable life.
Welcome to our second part of the Baby Steps Towards Sustainable Life part II. Here trough this blog and some visual aids across our social media channels we will be introducing some tips and tricks that we believe will help anyone willing to live a more sustainable life.
Welcome to our newest project "Baby Steps Towards Greener Life". Here trough this blog and some visual aids across our social media channels we will be introducing some tips and tricks that we believe will help anyone willing to live a more sustainable life.
In this blog, we will introduce to some of you who have not heard of it yet, the waste hierarchy pyramid. This graph was introduced as a simplified visualisation aid to the Directive 2008/98/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 19 November 2008 on waste. It basically shows how important reusing is compared to recycling.
