Tag: The Hague

The Hague is at the centre of a global effort to create clear legal frameworks for Climate Justice

Stuart Mitchell

From 2 till 13 December the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague heard delegates from more than 100 countries and organizations lay out their concerns and opinions on how to combat climate change. The Court will gather all of this testimony as it prepares to deliver an Advisory Opinion in 2025. This unprecedented gathering of international parties was requested by the UN General Assembly after a prolonged campaign by the World’s Youth for Climate Justice (WYCJ) alongside young people from the low-lying Pacific Islands, many of whom are…

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The first zero waste factory of the world focuses on total value

Stuart Mitchell

In the south-west of The Hague, Yespers has opened the world’s first total value factory. A factory processing apples. Nothing but the whole apple. Every single part of the apple is valued and used. A factory with zero waste, where every residual flow is put into use.   At the factory, the stems, seeds, cores and fruit are separated before entering the processing process. The stems are dried and made into an apple tea blend and the seeds finely pressed into apple oil. Yespers makes the most impact with the cores…

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