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Advocates hope new ban will temper market for toxic skin-lightening cosmetics

Stuart Mitchell

When Iya Kande’s youngest son turned two months old, she began using a skin-lightening soap on his face and body.  Kande, whose last name has been changed to protect her identity, lives in northern Nigeria. She was hoping a fairer complexion would ingratiate the boy with his grandmother, who like many in the region had come to equate light skin with beauty.   But within weeks, the child’s skin began to blister and break out in rashes. It wasn’t until months later that Kande learned the cause. The soap was laced…

Emerald Ecovations Launches New Line of Sustainable Molded Fiber and PLA Compostable Foodservice Products

Stuart Mitchell

Emerald Ecovations, a leader in sustainable solutions for foodservice and janitorial industries, proudly announces the launch of over 50 additional compostable molded fiber and clear PLA Plant to Plastic® foodservice items. This innovative lineup furthers Emerald Ecovations’ commitment to supporting green practices across foodservice industries. “We are thrilled to introduce these groundbreaking products, each designed with the dual goals of environmental responsibility and performance excellence,” said Ralph Bianculli, CEO of Emerald Ecovations. “Our molded fiber and PLA solutions help our customers significantly reduce their environmental footprint, directly contributing to measurable…

RWE and The Oyster Restoration Company complete feasibility project for large-scale native oyster restoration

Stuart Mitchell

RWE, one of the UK’s leading energy generators and The Oyster Restoration Company (TORC)  have successfully completed a feasibility program that proves large-scale native oyster reef restoration can be executed inside offshore wind farms across European waters. This is a step forward for offshore wind developers that are seeking credible, scalable, and verifiable biodiversity solutions at large scale. Over the six months of the feasibility testing, RWE and The Oyster Restoration Company jointly developed: substrate testing and ecological assessments, reef-base engineering solutions and the evaluation of deployment logistics, the analysis…

Gainbridge Fieldhouse Brings Reusable Cups to AT&T WNBA All-Star Weekend for Plastic Free July

Stuart Mitchell

Ocean Conservancy and its partner GOAL have announced the addition of Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis, Indiana, to the “Protect Where We Play Tour,” a partnership to reduce the plastic footprint of GOAL Member venues by deploying a reusable cup program during concerts and sporting events. Coinciding with Plastic Free July, Gainbridge Fieldhouse implemented the reusable cup program as part of AT&T WNBA All-Star Weekend, marking the first time a WNBA All-Star Game has featured fully-reusable cups in lieu of single-use plastic ones. Ocean Conservancy’s Protect Where We Play Initiative aims to rally sports…

The Ocean Cleanup and AWS Join Forces to Accelerate Ocean Plastic Removal using AI

Stuart Mitchell

The Ocean Cleanup, a non-profit organization dedicated to ridding the world’s oceans and rivers of plastic pollution, today announced a collaboration with Amazon Web Services, Inc. (AWS), an Amazon.com, Inc. company (NASDAQ: AMZN). This collaboration will leverage AWS’s advanced artificial intelligence, machine learning, and cloud computing capabilities to enable and accelerate The Ocean Cleanup’s goal to clean the Great Pacific Garbage Patch (GPGP) and remove 90% of floating ocean plastic by 2040. Recent research by The Ocean Cleanup found that the GPGP is impeding the ocean’s ability to help regulate…