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This App Donates Excess Food to New York’s Most Vulnerable

This App Donates Excess Food to New York’s Most Vulnerable

By Andrew McMaster In some ways, New York is a city of excess. From Midtown’s tall skyscrapers to Grand Central’s arched ceiling to SoHo’s hundreds of shops and boutiques, the city always seems to take things to the next level. More people, more money, more noise, more entertainment, more food. But for some, in fact […]

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    Coca-Cola Produced More Than 110 Billion Plastic Bottles Last Year

    Coca-Cola Produced More Than 110 Billion Plastic Bottles Last Year

    By Andrew McMaster Every second, more than 20,000 drinks in plastic bottles are purchased around the globe. That adds up to more than 1 million bottles a minute and nearly 500 billion bottles per year. It may come as no surprise then that the largest beverage manufacturer, Coca-Cola, reportedly manufactured more than 110 billion plastic […]

    Sir David Attenborough’s New Series to Show ‘Heartbreaking’ Examples of Plastic Pollution

    Sir David Attenborough’s New Series to Show ‘Heartbreaking’ Examples of Plastic Pollution

    By Imogen Calderwood Sir David Attenborough has spoken out about “heartbreaking” examples of plastic pollution that were documented while filming for his new series, Blue Planet II. Attenborough, the broadcasting legend who brought the world Planet Earth, revealed that teams had recorded seabirds feeding their chicks with scraps of plastic, in the documentary series that […]

    Nike’s New ‘Flyleather’ Sneakers Are Made From 50% Recycled Leather

    Nike’s New ‘Flyleather’ Sneakers Are Made From 50% Recycled Leather

    By Daniele Selby Nike’s new sneakers are pretty fly—and we’re not just talking about how they look. The company’s new Flyleather sneakers look good, feel great and are less damaging to the environment. In 2012, Nike introduced its Flyknit technology, which recycled plastic and other material into lightweight shoes, according to GQ. With Flyknit shoes, […]

    The True Cost of a Cup of Assam Tea

    The True Cost of a Cup of Assam Tea

    This article originally appeared on Women & Girls, and you can find the original here . For important news about women and girls around the world, you can sign up to the Women & Girls email list. Pinky Munda, 25, is eight months pregnant with her second child. She lives at a tea plantation in […]

    Extensive Coral Bleaching in the Pacific Shocks Scientists

    Extensive Coral Bleaching in the Pacific Shocks Scientists

    By Marnie Cunningham A crew of scientists who are spending two years aboard a research ship traveling around the world have said they were shocked to find basically all of the Pacific Ocean’s reefs to be affected by bleaching. “What we’ve seen in really isolated spots like Samoa for example, even though it’s very far […]