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Thursday, March 28, 2024
TopicRecycling

Topic: recycling

Your vanilla-flavoured desserts could soon have some plastic in them. But it’s good news

Scientists at University of Edinburgh have found that a common bacteria can turn single-use plastic into the popular flavouring agent vanillin.

Why recycling doesn’t make you a climate change warrior

Poll finds people have the wrong priorities for tackling climate change. Most people overestimate the impact of less effective green actions.

No, the filter from your air purifier can’t be recycled

To be effective against high pollution levels, purifiers need to run almost constantly and their filters need replacing every few months. Those components often wind up in a landfill.

Why you shouldn’t throw away your old undergarments

Old underwear now equals new clothes, thanks to this US company.

Berlin’s city govt just opened a new department store. Everything on sale is second-hand

It's part of a government effort to make Berlin a zero-waste city by 2030.

Don’t give up on recycling plastic. It’s going to help manage our trash, spur innovation

The global recycling industry has a history of transforming what was previously 'unrecyclable' into useful products and is poised to do so again.

How turning trash into treasure can help us dig our way out of Covid’s mess

The Australian govt hopes to create 10,000 recycling-related jobs in a “once in a generation” opportunity to remodel the way the country deals with its waste.

Toilet paper and other recycled goods are taking a big hit due to coronavirus

Recycled goods are irreplaceable parts of the supply chain for many industries and the Covid lockdown is having both an economic and ecological impact on them.

On Camera

Social media has made news more graphic. Torture by Russian military is latest example

Before social media, depiction of violence on news was the exception—graphic visuals were either not shown on TV or in newspapers or the images were blurred. This is no longer the case.

Profit margins in lottery industry are tiny. Here’s how Future Gaming paid for its electoral bonds

Neither state govts nor companies earn large profits from lotteries. However, a look at the system shows there’s ample evidence of murky dealings and financial irregularities. 

BRO connects new axis to Ladakh, to be shortest route

The all-weather Nimmu-Padam-Darcha Road will connect Manali to Leh through Darcha and Nimmu on Kargil-Leh Highway.

For BJP, Kejriwal is an idea whose time has come to be destroyed

The ‘idea’ Kejriwal's politics grew around was a no-holds-barred fight against corruption. That is the reason Modi govt has now tarred him and his entire party with the same paint.