Medical protective clothing is essential not only to protect medical professionals from pathogens, but also to protect patients from possible contamination. Surgical masks, respirators, gowns, aprons, gloves, and visors have become indispensable in the fight against the COVID-19 virus, yet this increase in consumption and disposal of single-use products is...
Estelle EonnetThere is nothing complicated about reuse, really. At home we have no problem using dishes, clothes, towels, washing them and placing them back in their spot. But everything seems to change the moment we leave our doorstep. We are used to grabbing our coffee from a coffee shop, gas station...
Estelle EonnetFor immediate release — Brussels, March 15th 2021 For World Consumer’s Day, an alliance of environmental organisations has released an open letter demanding that ambitious policy be put in place to enable the implementation of robust reuse systems. Businesses championing reuse are being invited to sign, from all over Europe....
Estelle EonnetThere are lots of good environmental reasons for producing and consuming reuse products - e.g. from effectively preventing littering at source, to promoting sustainable consumption habits. Yet, their economic advantage has been more difficult to grasp at times, in a still largely unwelcoming context utterly dominated by single-use products. ...
Estelle EonnetThe milkman is back! Well, kind of. Read the Reuters article by Natalie Thomas to learn about Ella Shone's Zero Waste Mobile Shop "Topup Truck."
And check out Zero Waste Europe's report on Packaging Free Shops in Europe to learn more.
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