Coca-Cola pilots refillable solution in Sweden
Oct 28, 2021 23:39 pm UTC| Nature Economy
Coca-Cola Europacific Partners is conducting a trial of refillable on-the-go solutions at a convenience store in Sweden to test consumers response to the containers and their potential to reduce waste. The trial,...
Starbucks Korea reduces waste with reusable tumblers as other coffee shops create more trash
Oct 27, 2021 23:53 pm UTC| Nature Life Economy
Starbucks and A Twosome Place are the only ones of South Koreas 10 top coffee shop franchises that are selling tumblers and flasks with replaceable tumbler parts that could help reduce waste. Most coffee shops offer...
Budweiser to deploy zero-emission green hydrogen at UK brewery
Oct 27, 2021 15:51 pm UTC| Nature Economy Business
Budweiser Brewing Group will explore using zero-emission green hydrogen at its Magor brewery in South Wales through its partnership with UK-based green hydrogen energy company Protium. The plan is to build the first...
Uniqlo Japan to buy back old clothes for recycling
Oct 26, 2021 23:07 pm UTC| Nature Life Economy
Until Nov 30, owners of worn-out Uniqlo Heat Tech shirts, down jackets, or down vests can get digital coupons worth up to 1,000 yen for bringing them to a Uniqlo store in Japan. The campaign dubbed Re: Uniqlo aims to...
Pro-environment consumers, suppliers patronize 'ugly' fruits and vegetables
Oct 25, 2021 23:42 pm UTC| Nature Life Economy
Pro-environment consumers and suppliers are patronizing ugly agricultural products that do not fit market standards to counter the practice of discarding them. Unsightly produce is now attracting a growing market as...
S. Korean regulator takes action against Nissan, Porsche over false emissions claims
Oct 24, 2021 23:47 pm UTC| Law Nature Economy
The Korea Fair Trade Commission (KFTC) has ordered Nissan Motor Corp., Porsche AG, and their local units Nissan Korea and Porsche Korea to correct falsified information over their diesel cars gas emissions. Nissan Korea...
S. Korea’s solar power capacity soars under Moon
Oct 22, 2021 23:22 pm UTC| Nature Economy
South Koreas cumulative solar power capacity surged with the newly installed 13,980 MW solar power capacity that started when President Moon Jae-in took office in 2017. Consequently, solar power more than quadrupled...
South Africa’s plan to move away from coal: 8 steps to make it succeed
Germany lowers voting age to 16 for the European elections
IceCube researchers detect a rare type of energetic neutrino sent from powerful astronomical objects