by Abriel | Aug 21, 2019 | 2019, Responsible Consumption & Production
Bowing to pressure from environmentally conscious consumers, big brand shops have begun taking steps to strip their shelves of plastic wrapping over concerns about saving the oceans from waste. “Nude zones” and “Food in the Nude” campaigns are...
by Abriel | Aug 18, 2019 | 2019, Responsible Consumption & Production, What Inspires You?
Sharing platform Olio is an ideal way to declutter. To list an item on the app, just take a photo and add a short description. Users get to “request” the item and pick it up from the a home or office. And unlike online marketplace Carousell, there is no...
by Abriel | Aug 17, 2019 | 2019, Responsible Consumption & Production, What Inspires You?
Singapore’s street lights could one day be powered by electricity generated by wastewater sludge. The system that could make this possible was developed by two Nanyang Technological University undergraduates. Called BAE – which stands for Biomass from...
by Abriel | Aug 16, 2019 | 2019, Responsible Consumption & Production
Scientists say they have found an abundance of tiny plastic particles in Arctic snow, indicating that microplastics are being sucked into the atmosphere and carried over long distances. The researchers examined snow collected from sites in the Arctic, northern...
by Abriel | Aug 10, 2019 | 2019, Responsible Consumption & Production, What Inspires You?
Up until her early 20s, Ms Christine Yeo had no qualms about wasting food. If a bite of sushi was not to her liking, she would discard the entire serving on her buffet plate. Unused groceries were also left to rot in the refrigerator. Now, the 37-year-old accountant...
by Abriel | Aug 7, 2019 | 2019, Responsible Consumption & Production
Close to one-fifth of imported and locally farmed fresh produce here is lost along the food supply chain every year, a study conducted by the Singapore Environment Council (SEC) and Deloitte Singapore has found. The study found that the food that is wasted translates...
