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Food wastage

Every year, one third of all food produced globally goes to waste. This not only affects our wallets but also has a significant impact on our environment. When food waste ends up in landfills, it releases methane gas, which contributes to climate change. We can reduce food waste by buying only what we need, planning our meals, and composting our food scraps. Let's work together to reduce food waste and make a positive impact on our environment. Food waste is a significant problem that affects individuals, businesses, and the environment. According to the United Nations, approximately one-third of all food produced globally goes to waste each year. This equates to 1.3 billion tonnes of food, which is enough to feed three billion people. Food waste has many negative consequences. Firstly, it is a waste of resources. Producing food requires land, water, energy, and other resources. When food is wasted, these resources are also wasted. This is not only bad for the environment but also ...

Biodegradable v/s Compostable

  Sometimes, we all get confused with these two phrases - Biodegradable & Compostable. Biodegradable materials have the potential to breakdown with the help of the movement of microorganisms including bacteria and fungi, and so on. Bio” which means “life,” “degrade” which means to break down, and “able”   of course meaning that it can happen. Biodegradation is the technique of nature taking its direction and breaking down materials into small parts.  Plastic can breakdown into carbon dioxide, water, and some different matters. Pretty simple, right?The fact is that many of things are biodegradable, if given enough time. Plastics specially are known to take decades or maybe centuries to breakdown naturally, however they will breakdown. So, technically speaking, they're biodegradable. Even diapers, infamous for lasting a long term in landfills, will breakdown ultimately.While a packaging enterprise says that their product is biodegradable, all they sincerely suggest...

Key role a Leaf plays in our lives

What a difference a leaf makes! Well, not one leaf. We have 3.04 trillion trees on our planet—that’s 400 trees per person. If we count all the leaves on all those trees and take a look at what they do collectively to the air around us, is stunning. We know they absorb air. Their leaves gobble carbon dioxide, and then, with help from the sun, the carbon stays in the tree. Oxygen gets released. Come winter, the leaves fall off, trees go bare. Without leaves, trees go quiet. Any extra CO2 is more likely to hang in the atmosphere—until June. That’s the month when trillions upon trillions of leaves are opening, growing, & starting to breathe and  their collective breath literally cleaning the sky. It’s like the world’s northern forests become a giant vacuum cleaner, scouring the air, sucking down the CO2 till around November. When leaves fall, the situation reverses … and it feels a little scary It tracks the flow of carbon dioxide across the planet over 12 months, starting in Ja...

2050: Believe it or not this will be our future

                  None of us can deny this picture.  The pollution that we are dealing with today exactly indicates that this is going to be our  future, if steps are not taken to control it.  So, like our summer,winter & festive beak now, are we waiting for 'The Pollution Breaks' to happen in future??  Well most of the schools are closed which is a happy news for some kids.  But these are not the holidays to sit peacefully at home and enjoy.  It is a big question mark on our future. And we all know that the future is going to be depend on how seriously we are going to take these few upcoming years.  Well it is not just our future which is in threat but it is the future of each and every organism living on this planet.  What's the solution then?  Let's just sit at home. Or maybe blame the government for whatsoever is happening in this world.  Can we do that?? Offcourse! it's easiest way ...