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Legos And Plastics

October 23, 2018 By EarthWise Leave a Comment

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Globally, consumers are voicing concerns about the impact of plastic waste on the planet. Conscious of these consumer concerns, many companies are trying to switch to recyclable or less-polluting packaging.  Some are even ditching plastics all together. 

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Corporate Fleets And Electric Cars

December 4, 2017 By EarthWise Leave a Comment

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A group of 10 major transnational corporations has launched a new global initiative to slash vehicle emissions by increasing the number of electric vehicles in their corporate fleets.  Known as EV100, the initiative commits companies to integrate EVs in their owned or leased fleets and install charging stations for customers and employees.

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Saving Borneo’s Forest

July 3, 2017 By EarthWise

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Borneo is the third-largest island in the world, home to part of Indonesia, part of Malaysia, and the small sultanate of Brunei.   It is also home to the oldest forest on earth – 130 million years old – which is more than twice as old as the Amazon rain forest.

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Cleaning Up The Palm Industry

July 6, 2016 By WAMC WEB

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Few of us cook with palm oil or have ever even seen the stuff.  Nevertheless, half of the world’s consumer products include it as an ingredient and the global market for palm oil could be as high as $50 billion.   The palm oil industry has been tied to environmental destruction in countries such as Malaysia and Indonesia and has been found to be complicit in human rights violations.

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