Day: 27 November 2025

IKEA paints kitchen fronts in a new way

Stuart Mitchell

IKEA has started using a new painting method for kitchen fronts — the soft roller — that saves costs by reducing paint waste by 20% and CO2 emissions by 30%. Furthermore, paint drying has been reduced from 45 minutes to one minute using LED lighting. This is the outcome of a 12-year project to create a more efficient way of applying and drying paint. “We are proud of the soft roller innovation — not just for what it means for our products, but for how it supports our suppliers. It…

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A person from the richest 0.1% produces more carbon pollution in a day than someone in the bottom 50% produces all year

Stuart Mitchell

Ahead of the major international climate conference COP30 in Belem, Brazil, new Oxfam research finds that the high-carbon lifestyles of the super-rich are blowing through the world’s remaining carbon budget — the amount of CO2 that can be emitted while avoiding climate disaster. The research also details how billionaires are using their political and economic influence to keep humanity hooked on fossil fuels to maximize their private profit. The report, “Climate Plunder: How a powerful few are locking the world into disaster,” presents extensive new updated data and analysis which…

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