News Headlines
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Stora Enso launch renewable lignin tree product to replace oil-based glue
Business
Stora Enso, a Finnish headquarted company who aim to replace fossil-based materials by developing products based mostly on wood, has launched 'Lineo' a bio-based lignin as a renewable replacement for oil-based glue. Lignin is one of the main building blocks of a tree.
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Hope for planet as scientists engineer enzyme that eats plastic bottles
Science
Bottles made of plastic that persist in the environment for hundreds of years could become a pollution of the past thanks to the discovery of an enzyme that eats the substance, and work by scientists to further improve it by engineering.
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Disagreement over Iceland's way of tackling palm oil's biodiversity impact
Food
Retailer Iceland's decision to remove palm oil from its own branded food has been criticised by both The Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil, who share Iceland's concerns about the environmental impact of palm oil, but do not agree with the solutions Iceland are adopting, and the Durrell Institute of Conservation and Biology who say Iceland’s move to ban palm oil products is understandable but could backfire.
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British Museum introduce compostable sweet packets to tackle plastic problem
Business
As an intial bid to phase out single use plastic packaging, the British Museum are introducing impulse bags of sweets which are wrapped in compostable, transparent packaging which breaks down and disappears in soil in six to 12 weeks. Regular biodegradable bags can take decades to degrade and can leave a residue in the soil.
Maps & GIS
New nationwide map of air pollution
EarthSense Systems has published MappAir – the first ever high resolution nationwide map of air pollution. It shows how air nitrogen dioxide changes across the country and within towns and cities, highlighting likely sources and potential clean-air refuge areas.
