Good News Notes: “If you’ve ever seen a tire graveyard piled high with trashed rubber, you can easily understand that Israeli company EcoTech Recycling has a green gem of an idea. EcoTech’s nontoxic process produces a unique material, Active Rubber (AR), from end-of-life tires. With1.6 billion tires manufactured annually, and 290 million tires discarded each year in…
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TerraCycle wants to recycle everything in your life
Good News Notes: “Have you ever felt guilty about tossing your old Teva sandals, or Colgate toothbrush, or Etch A Sketch into the trash, where they will clog up a landfill for hundreds of years? I have good news for you. All of those items—and many more—are now recyclable thanks to TerraCycle, a company that…
‘Plastic Man’: This Cameroonian Activist Is Working to End Plastic Pollution in His Community
Good News Notes: “Growing up, Forbi Perise watched a lot of National Geographic and Discovery Channel, learning about the vastness of the planet and the intricacies of ecosystems. He also learned about the budding movement against plastic waste and the many activists taking action to solve the issue globally. All around him in his town…
Pricey meat is forcing Americans toward vegetarian meals
Good News Notes: “If you are a meat-eater, there’s a good chance your eating habits have changed somewhat during the coronavirus pandemic. Food prices have been going up over the past few weeks and animal products have seen the biggest increase. Meat, poultry, fish, and eggs went up by 4.3 percent from March to April,…
EarthSuds makes zero waste shampoo tablets
Good News Notes: “Last October, the state of California introduced a new bill that will ban hotels from providing mini toiletries in plastic bottles by 2023. If they want anything other than a bar of soap, travelers will be forced to use wall-mounted dispensers or bring their own shampoo, conditioner, and body wash. While this decision…
This Photographer Is Working To Document Species Before They Go Extinct
Good News Notes: “Joel Sartore, a photographer based in Lincoln, Nebraska, has worked with National Geographic for over 30 years, and has led the Photo Ark for the past 15. The mission of the Photo Ark is to document the 15,000 species that are in captivity, many of which are on the edge of extinction. Sartore…
Wild animals are exploring cities during coronavirus lockdowns
Good News Notes: “When humanity’s away, the animals will play. With much of the world driven indoors to quarantine during the coronavirus pandemic lockdown, some species not often seen — or, at least, rarely in such large numbers, and certainly not against such empty backdrops — are exploring cities, the Guardian reports. Photographers and social-media users…
She started climbing trees as a kid. Then this ecologist helped create scientist Barbie.
Good News Notes: “Nalini Nadkarni didn’t play with Barbies as a girl. She was too busy climbing the maple trees in her front yard in Bethesda, Md. The forest ecologist might seem an unlikely person to help design and promote Barbie dolls. But over the past six months, she has been inspiring girls worldwide to…