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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 ...
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Microplastic have been discovered in fruits and vegetables

  Microplastics have been discovered in apples, carrots, pears, broccoli and lettuce, studies have revealed. Root vegetables like radishes, turnips and parsnips may also contain plastic! Scientists had thought that plant roots were unable to absorb microplastics. Microplastics in plants mean they may be having an impact on human health. The tiny pollutants are thought to have been sucked into plants roots with water, and then travelled up the stem into the leaves and, where possible, fruits. A separate study published this week found that plants containing microplastics grew smaller with shorter roots, reducing their yield and nutritional value.  Apples & carrots were shown to be most contaminated with microplastic. A study published earlier this week found that nanoplastics could also be absorbed by plants roots.  'If it is getting into vegetables, it is getting into everything that eats vegetables as well, which means it is in our meat and dairy too.' The results ar...
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Bottle recycling machines in Germany

In Germany you have to pay a deposit for most of the plastic bottles you buy. This is usually 25 ct per bottle. Once it is empty, you can bring it back to the supermarket & get your deposit back by putting it in a bottle recycling machine. Bottle recycling machines are normally located close to the doorway of supermarkets. If you placed your bottle into the spherical hole, the machine will spin it round to test the barcode. The bottle then disappears into the gadget, which displays the amount of cash that you will get again. When you have were given multiple bottle, preserve setting them in, one after the alternative, after which press the green button. Subsequent, the device will print your receipt. Usually preserve your receipt! The amount at the bottom is the coins you get again from recycling your bottles. The original concept at the back of the rate distinction became twofold: on the one hand, it elevated the incentive for people to return environmentally-harmful plas...
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Plastic has become Animal's meal !

"God blessed human, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth" What makes plastic beneficial for people—its durability and mild weight—increases the danger to animals. Plastic hangs round a long term, and a variety of it floats.  Do you know that most of the  animals have a very strong olfactory organ? As per research, continued use of plastic in packaging food products & garbage piles of food products mixed with plastic is contributing to misleading the bovines. Cows are known for their very sensitive sense of smell. Even their memory, communications & tracking of their calves are found to be associated with their keen sense of smell. Cows accept or reject food based on smells and seek food based on smell as well.   Hence, the cows end up eating plastic. Cows that eat plastic are foun...
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India's First Garbage cafe

India's First Garbage café India's First Garbage restaurant "A distinctive & innovative way to build the cities plastic-free."  Have you ever heard of garbage café? Well if you haven't , then here is a brief about it. India's first garbage restaurant is going to be launched in Chhattisgarh in few days.  To understand about this. Lets first know about Ambikapur.  Ambikapur is a small town in Sarjuga district in Chhattisgarh with a population of 45 lakhs. The town generates forty five metric tonnes of solid waste per day. But there's one thing that makes this town special & distinctive. This town has become popular because it is the second cleanest town after Indore. Further, the town plans to use it's plastic waste for the development of roads. Ambikapur already has a road created with plastic granules and asphalt. The first such road within the state has been created within the town by intermixture eight large integer plastic bags!! The roa...
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