A Gurgaon-based startup, Jaggery Bags, recycles seatbelts from scrapped cars and cargo belts to make bags. The company reutilizes old seatbelts, stained cargo belts and ex-army canvas to create sustainable and durable bags. Coming from an architectural and academic background, the cofounders of the company
E-waste is rising at a rapid pace and has become one of the fastest-growing waste streams on the earth. Electronic wastes have many adverse effects on the ecosystem, more than one can imagine, as it comprises of harmful chemicals like mercury, lead, beryllium, etc. In
The vegan Impossible Pork by the California-based vegan meat giant Impossible Foods has arrived in select restaurants in the US, Hong Kong and Singapore. The debut of Impossible Pork marks the company’s third commercial launch after ground beef and chicken nuggets. The company further plans
The Himalayan Region is an extremely fragile ecosystem that has borne the brunt of many extreme natural disaster in the past decade, especially in India. The crumbly Himalayan valleys of Uttarakhand has witnessed massive landslides, cloud bursts and more ecological disasters, most of them triggered
World Gorilla Day is an annual event celebrating gorillas and empowering global communities to take action for gorilla conservation. World Gorilla Day 2021 will focus on spreading awareness about the western lowland gorillas and mountain gorillas – two sub-species of the primates that are facing
In this day and age, recycling is considered to be the only possible approach to reduce toxic waste from the environment. In the coming years, sustainable recycling would significantly contribute towards environmental redemption. Microsoft has launched a sustainable wireless peripheral, the Ocean Plastic Mouse. SABIC
US President Joe Biden announced plans to double the financial aid it offers each year to developing nations to tackle the ravages of climate change. He pledged to boost the country’s annual contribution to $11.4 billion, which will “support the countries and people that will
SunDrive Solar is an Australia-based company, co-founded by Vince Allen in 2015. The company has set a record for the efficiency of solar cells designs to convert light into electricity. The result was analyzed by the Institute for Solar Energy Research Hamelin (ISFH), which is
The Arctic sea multiyear ice decline has occurred in recent years. Sea ice in the Arctic Ocean has been melting at a rapid pace owing to global warming and carbon emissions. Scientists are worried about the health of Arctic ice as the region has lost 95
From Snoopy and Power Rangers to Hot Wheels and Pokémon, McDonald’s has long provided a jolt of joy with its kid-friendly toys inside the iconic Happy Meal. Now, the fast-food company is making an earth-friendly move toward using sustainable materials in an effort to reduce