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Procter & Gamble Reaches 85% Zero Manufacturing Waste To Landfill - 0 views

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business Environmental Leader Unilever zero-waste

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  • Del Birmingham on 14 Nov 18
     
    Procter & Gamble has reached zero manufacturing waste to landfill at 85% of their sites globally and describes how they did it in a 2018 Citizenship Report published today. The company started the program a decade ago, and currently aims to achieve 100% by 2020.
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Oreo Cookie Maker Linked to Orangutan Habitat Destruction for Palm Oil - 0 views

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NGO Greenpeace Mondelez Oreo palm oil deforestation

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    Greenpeace International published a new report on Tuesday accusing Mondelēz International of sourcing palm oil from "rainforest destroyers."
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Mondelez Calls For Complete Sustainability, Transparency In Palm Oil Supply Chain - NCA - 0 views

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business Mondelez palm oil transparency supply chain sustainability

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    Mondelez International, Inc. is further pushing for its goal of 100 percent sustainability and complete transparency in its palm oil supply chain, challenging suppliers to commit to concession mapping and act faster to eliminate deforestation, according to the CPG company.
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5 Graphs Show Just How Unusual This Year's Wildfires Are | World Resources Institute - 1 views

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international WRI environmental news fire season graphs global

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    This time of year always brings wildfires. But what's unusual this fires season is where and how the blazes are burning-and it could be a warning sign of what's to come. Hotter-than-normal temperatures and drought across much of northern Europe and North America in June and July have resulted in wildfires burning in what are typically wetter, cooler regions.
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The Seafloor Is Disappearing - 1 views

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international environmental news EcoWatch ocean acidification sea-floor

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    It has already been established that climate change-specifically atmospheric carbon dioxide emitted by fossil fuel burning-has been acidifying the oceans, damaging fragile coral reefs and disturbing vulnerable marine ecosystems. But the McGill scientists discovered that carbon dioxide also has begun to drift to the ocean bottom, dissolving the very materials that help put the brakes on acidification.
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After defeat in West, U.S. carbon tax push looks East | Reuters - 0 views

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environmental news Reuters carbon tax push eastern US 2019

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    Lawmakers in New York, Pennsylvania, Connecticut, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, Rhode Island and Vermont aim to introduce carbon pricing legislation, including carbon taxes and market-based carbon cap-and-trade measures,
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UK renewable energy capacity surpasses fossil fuels for first time | Environment | The ... - 0 views

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international The Guardian renewable energy surpasses fossil fuels

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    The capacity of renewable energy has overtaken that of fossil fuels in the UK for the first time, in a milestone that experts said would have been unthinkable a few years ago.
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70% of Venice Flooded by Highest Tide in at Least a Decade - 0 views

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international EcoWatch venice tide water environmental news sea-level rise

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    Venice is the Mediterranean World Heritage Site currently most at risk from flooding due to sea level rise, according to a recent study, and the city even has elevated sidewalks ready in case of high tides, but Monday's waters rose higher than the emergency sidewalks. The tide surpassed 5 feet, 3 inches, making it the highest recorded since 2008 and potentially the highest recorded since 1979, CNN reported.
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Global, Multisector Commitments Aim to Eliminate Plastic Pollution at the Source | Sust... - 0 views

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international Sustainable Brands Ellen MacArthur Foundation plastic commitment

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  • Del Birmingham on 29 Oct 18
     
    A Global Commitment to eradicate plastic waste and pollution at the source has been signed by 250 organisations including many of the world's largest packaging producers, brands, retailers and recyclers, as well as governments and NGOs.
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European parliament approves sweeping ban on single-use plastics | Environment | The Gu... - 0 views

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international The Guardian EU ban single-use plastics

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  • Del Birmingham on 26 Oct 18
     
    The European parliament has overwhelmingly backed a wide-ranging ban on single-use plastics in an effort to tackle pollution in seas, fields and waterways. Under the proposed directive, items such as plastic straws, cotton swabs, disposable plastic plates and cutlery would be banned by 2021, and 90% of plastic bottle recycled by 2025.
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