Tis the season we see old, real Christmas trees hanging out by the side of our houses. If that's your house, a few animals in Southeast Minnesota would LOVE to eat them.
This pandemic strikes again. Now, because people have been enjoying their adult beverages at home more rather than at a bar, there seems to be a bit of a shortage of aluminum cans. There are so many things that have happened since the beginning of this thing that no one probably saw coming. Things that you wouldn t have considered happening before, and now here we are.
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So, Surly Brewing Company in Minneapolis is doing something rather creative to deal with the shortage of aluminum cans. They have had some beers that didn t sell as well as some others, or just some overstock of less popular beers. They thought of repurposing some of those cans. Great idea. And what has been born is the Cantyhose . It s like a stocking over a can. They talked about it in a Facebook post.
Synopsis
The environmental hazard is worsening, but some companies are beginning to take e-waste management seriously. LG, Dell and Xiaomi, among others, are taking steps to take back old electronic products from consumers and dispose of them responsibly. A strong EPR policy could help buttress their efforts and reduce India’s electronic dump.
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Smartphone market leader Xiaomi has introduced a Product Take Back & Recycling Programme
The world generated a record 53.6 million tonnes of e-waste last year, the Global E-waste Monitor 2020 has said. India is the third biggest contributor to this dump with 3.2 million tonnes, after China and the US. While the environmental hazard is worsening, some companies are beginning to take e-waste management seriously. “Things are certainly looking up since 2017 with several brands doing their bit in responsible ewaste management,” says Pranshu Singhal, Founder, Karo Sambhav, a PRO (producer responsibility organisation) offering e-wa
15-Year-Old Indian Girl In Dubai Helps Recycle 25 Tonnes Of E-waste: Report 15-Year-Old Indian Girl In Dubai Helps Recycle 25 Tonnes Of E-waste: Report While shifting to a new house a few years ago, Ms Tulpule found lots of disused electronics while helping her mom clear out drawers.
Riva Tulpule got the idea to start the campaign while clearing out drawers, the report said.
Dubai:
A Dubai-based 15-year-old Indian girl has launched a campaign, which helped in the recycling of 25 tonnes of electronic waste in the Gulf nation, according to a media report on Friday.
Riva Tulpule, a student of grade 10, got the idea to start the campaign while clearing out drawers filled with broken devices in 2016, the Gulf News reported.
Covid Impact: 70% Indians wanting to travel more sustainably from 2021 By TBM Staff | Mumbai
70% of Indian travellers are wanting to travel more sustainably in the future, as per Booking.comâs Future of Travel research findings. The survey also reveals that 78% of Indian travellers expect the travel industry to offer more sustainable travel options to meet their goals of sustainable travel in the future.
Indian travellers planning to travel in 2021 have expressed a wish to avoid other tourists, with a spike in interest towards exploring lesser-known destinations this year. Based on our research, 76% of Indian travellers will stay away from crowded tourist attractions, indicating that destinations will need to adopt new, smart crowd management measures to appease travellers.