Samsung To Remove Smartphone Plastic Packaging By 2025
At Samsung’s Unpacked Event, the tech giant presented its pledge to eradicate all plastic from smartphone packaging by 2025, Aside from unveiling new devices. Aimed at reducing the waste created…
Scientists Closer To Improve Crops’ Photosynthesis And Yields
A new study led by Cornell University describes an important step towards engineering crops for higher yields by improving photosynthesis. It is estimated that by 2050, farmers will need to…
The University Team making Ships Carbon Neutral
A team of researchers from Northwestern University, Illinois have developed a novel means of decarbonising the shipping industry, using CO2-capturing solid oxide fuel cells to make vessels carbon neutral -…
Singapore Scientists develop Sweat-Powered Battery
A Singapore research team from Nanyang Technological University (NTU) have developed a flexible battery that runs off human sweat. The prototype is made from printed silver flake electrodes, is as…
Food waste reduction firm Apeel reaches $2bn valuation
Apeel, a California-based agtech company, yesterday closed its Series E funding round, bringing in $250m to raise the firm’s total valuation to $2bn. The Bill and Melinda Gates-backed company has…
Dixons Carphone launches ‘Industry First’ polystyrene packaging take-back scheme
Electrical and telecommunications firm Dixons Carphone has introduced a series of waste-reduction schemes across its stores, including the roll out of a ‘first-ever’ nationwide polystyrene take-back scheme. The retailer, which…
Royal Mail Brings in ‘Emission Reducing’ Tyres
UK mail service Royal Mail has today (August 19) announced the launch of a six-month trial of novel tyres for its delivery vans. These ‘emission reducing’ tyres are designed to…
Commentary: Marine Bacteria In Canadian Arctic Capable Of Biodegrading Diesel And Oil
A new study published in Applied and Environmental Microbiology, a journal of the American Society for Microbiology, showed that there’s a marine bacteria in the freezing waters of the Canadian…
Sustainable Transport: What’s in the News
Businesses across the board took a hit from the COVID-19 pandemic, and the transport industry took a particular knock as travel dried up and fuel demand dropped. However, now that…
Special: World’s 10 Best Vegan Burgers
The amount and wide variety of vegan meat products that has reached grocery aisles and restaurants is unprecedented. In this day in age, it almost seems that in order to…
UK Blue Planet Fund Receives First Investment Round
At the end of last week, the UK Government confirmed it had sent the first round of funding support to five global initiatives working to protect our oceans. A little…
Saltwater Startup Reaches $16m in Funding
Saudi Arabia-based startup Red Sea Farms has closed its series A funding round, scoring $6m from US investors AppHarvest and Bonaventure Captial, bringing its total funding to $16m. The company…