With China refusing foreign waste under its new policy, countries are forced to handle their own plastic pollution As holiday shopping ramps up, so do the dizzying varieties of plastic packaging tossed in recycling bins. And while we wish a Christmas miracle would transform this old garbage into something new, the reality is the waste […]

Contact lens wearers will be able to recycle their lenses for free in a new UK-wide scheme launching this week. Wearers can dispose of their waste at public drop-off points, offered by Boots Opticians and other selected independent stores, or choose to have their old lenses collected. There are 3.7 million soft lens users in […]

Israel’s largest cargo shipping company Zim has opened its blockchain platform for electronic bills of lading (eB/Ls) to all clients in selected trades. Global shipping news outlet TradeWinds reported the news today, Jan. 14. Following a successful pilot of its blockchain-powered eB/Ls platform that lasted for over a year, the shipping firm has claimed that blockchain can not only replace the […]

New Zealand digital assets exchange Cryptopia has suspended services after detecting a major hack that has reportedly “resulted in significant losses,” according to a tweet posted today, Jan. 15. The exchange revealed in the tweet that the hack occurred yesterday, Jan. 14. The platform had initially informed the public it was undergoing unscheduled maintenance, issuing several similarly laconic updates before today’s official disclosure of the breach. […]

Tesla stock is seeing near 4% gains so far on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) as the US stock markets recover from two days in the red. Automotive companies are feeling the pinch of economic tightening and lowering demand for conventional, fuel-hungry, vehicles. The big car makers are ramping up their electric car developments, […]

Did you know that 68% of lost customers never go back to the same provider again? The same Accenture study also found that 80% of these customers felt that their provider could have done something to prevent them from leaving. Lost customers can have multiple negative impacts on your business. For one, it takes a lot more time […]

MSNBC anchor Stephanie Ruhle implied on Tuesday without citing evidence that Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) is being blackmailed by President Trump. Ruhle hosted a panel discussion about why Graham has pivoted from being a past critic of Trump to one of the president’s biggest allies in the Senate. “It could be that Donald Trump or somebody knows something […]

HILO, Hawaii  – Big Island Grown says it hopes to open the first medical marijuana dispensary on Hawaii Island this week. The Hawaii Tribune-Herald reports the company aims to open three locations on the Big Island within the next month. The company is one of only two businesses licensed to sell medical marijuana products on the […]

Houston’s petrochemical industry is an economic engine that drives our region’s success. We employ tens of thousands of people in high paying jobs and our products and services are bettering lives around the world. But the global rise in mismanaged plastic waste threatens the many benefits that plastics provide to society, from improved living standards […]

Engineers at the Ocean Cleanup project are working on a fix to stop collected debris leaking back out from the 600m barrier A giant floating barrier launched off the coast of San Francisco as part of a $20m project to cleanup a swirling island of rubbish between California and Hawaii, is failing to collect plastic. The mastermind […]