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Five steps you can take today to make your office more sustainable

sudshr47 March 7, 2019

Presented By Epson

By Mashable Brand X

With the global sustainability movement in full swing, there’s no denying we’re all searching for ways we can change our daily habits to help create a more sustainable future.

From keep-cups to cloth shopping bags and investing our super in more ethical and sustainable companies, we’re doing what we can to ensure our small changes have a big impact.

Here are just a few more ways how you and those around you can lead a more eco-friendly lifestyle at home and at work.

Recycle your plastic

It might seem like a no-brainer but ensuring your office has adequate recycling capabilities and your co-workers are aware of what can actually be recycled is an absolute must. Let’s start with plastic. Read more…

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Nestlé making moves to slow the Earth’s decline into plastic hell

sudshr47 January 24, 2019

The company says it won’t use plastics straws and some plastic bottles by 2025. While not the first company to grow a conscience about the issue, they are one of the largest. Read more…

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Lifestyle Mashable Shopping Plastic Waste Reusable Water Bottles

11 of the best reusable water bottles

sudshr47 October 9, 2018

We all use them. Single-use plastic bottles are readily available and inexpensive to buy, so it’s easy to see why so many people drink water from them all the time. In fact, the entire world goes through about a million (yes, that’s one million) plas…

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Drink up: 8 of the best insulated, reusable water bottles

sudshr47 October 8, 2018

You’ve heard it before: Water is necessary for optimal health. And while we all know by now that not everyone needs to drink eight glasses of water a day, keeping hydrated throughout the day has tons of benefits. But relying on pre-packaged, bottled water to quench your thirst is just not practical, cost-effective, or environmentally friendly. Not to mention those one-time use plastic bottles can contain a chemical known as Bisphenol A (BPA) that can be harmful to your health. (Yuck.) That’s why a good reusable insulated water bottle is an excellent alternative to plastic water bottles.

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Amsterdam Fishing Mashable Video Plastic Plastic Waste

This plastic fishing company is making office furniture out of plastic waste

sudshr47 August 22, 2018

Plastic Whale is a professional plastic fishing company that offers boat trips during which tourists — while sightseeing — will pick up plastic from Amsterdam’s canals. The plastic bottles that are being collected get turned into office furniture, in collaboration with Vepa. Read more…

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Scientists made an awesome error that could save our planet from plastic hell

sudshr47 August 15, 2018

A team of researchers from Britain’s University of Portsmouth and the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory made an enzyme that can eat up plastic bottles. They were playing around with a known enzyme made by a bacteria that can break down plastic, and just so happened to make the enzyme even better. Read more…

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Kickstarter Mashable Shopping Plastic Waste Shopping Solo Water Bottle

Quit single-use plastic for good with this collapsible water bottle that shrinks to fit in your pocket

sudshr47 August 10, 2018

Giving up single-use plastic products like straws and water bottles is an admirable feat, and probably something that a lot more people would do if it was more convenient. As it turns out, it just might be thanks to the Kickstarter project HYDAWAY.

HYDAWAY is a collapsible water bottle which has been upgraded from its original prototype, this time with even more game-changing features, making it easier than ever to that will leave you pretty much no excuse not to ditch the disposables.

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New Zealand will ban plastic bags for good

sudshr47 August 10, 2018

In an effort to tackle plastic pollution, New Zealand is committed to banning plastic bags for good.
On Friday, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and Associate Environment Minister Eugenie Sage announced plans to ban single-use plastic shopping bags, giv…

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McDonald’s is ditching plastic straws in Australia too

sudshr47 July 19, 2018

Australians, you’ll be sipping your thickshake through a paper straw at McDonald’s pretty soon — plastic straws are out.

One week after Starbucks announced it would phase out plastic straws by 2020, McDonald’s has unveiled similar plans to phase them out in Australia by the same year.

The fast good giant will roll out the ban to its 970 restaurants around the country over the next four years, and the first trials will begin in August 2018.

The full global switch to paper straws will only be taking place in Australia, the UK and Ireland for now, but McDonald’s confirmed testing of alternatives has already begun in Belgium, and will begin later this year in the US, France, Sweden and Norway. Read more…

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Debris Fauna Mashable Video Park Plastic Waste

In this European city, plastic waste collected from the rivers is used to create green, floating parks

sudshr47 July 18, 2018

Recycled Park is a floating park in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, that is made entirely out of recycled plastic. The plastic waste used to produce its building blocks has been collected from the same river where it now sits afloat. Read more…Mor…

Coffee Inventions Mashable Video Plastic Plastic Waste

Stir your coffee with this nifty automatic device

sudshr47 April 20, 2018

Scott Amron, a product design engineer based in New York, came up with a new device to help coffee chains get rid of wooden and plastic stirrersStircle is said to be 99% cheaper to run than using stir sticks and it comes with the added benefit of crea…

Environment Mashable Shopping Plastic Waste Shopping List Single Use Plastic

10 stylish ways to remove single-use plastic from your life

sudshr47 April 20, 2018

The UK government has announced plans to ban the sale of many single-use plastic items, including plastic straws, drink stirrers, and plastic-stemmed cotton buds. Get ready for it now with this list of great eco-friendly alternatives that are already on the market.

According to the UK government,”There are over 150 million tonnes of plastic in the world’s oceans and every year one million birds and over 100,000 sea mammals die from eating and getting tangled in plastic waste”. We all know that this level of waste is unsustainable and with the ban looking like it could apply as early as next year, it’s a good time to start thinking about ways in which you can minimise your plastic waste. Read more…

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