Branch: A Family of Farms have launched new eco-friendly corn trays. These new compostable trays are available to customers for the company’s year-round corn program. The company wanted to make an effort to be more sustainable in all of its farm practices, and it therefore explored various eco-friendly packaging options. According to Branch, the new […]

Hong Kong-Sales in the world’s biggest auto market are falling, causing big problems for top global brands that have come to rely on it for much of their growth. China has been a source of blockbuster sales for major carmakers for years, as rapid economic growth gave millions of consumers the cash to spend on middle-class status […]

Monica Strauss pulls on a pair of plastic gloves every morning to dig through blue recycling bins set out on curbs in parts of the city. Strauss, a Phoenix Public Works employee, is methodical as she approaches each blue bin and sorts through the paper, cardboard boxes, plastic waste and other contents. She jots down […]

HURRICANE Michael is the 13th named storm of this years Atlantic Hurricane Season and is bearing down on the Gulf Coast of the United States. When will the dangerous storm hit Florida? Barreling through the Atlantic Ocean, Hurricane Michael is growing closer to making landfall, bringing with it devastating winds and torrential rain.  Hurricane Michael […]

“Hurricane Michael is forecast to be the most destructive storm to hit the Florida Panhandle in decades,” Florida Gov. Rick Scott warned on Tuesday. Hurricane Michael strengthened to a Category 2 storm Tuesday morning as it barreled toward Florida’s northeast Gulf Coast, threatening catastrophic storm surge, torrential rain and heavy winds. “Hurricane Michael is forecast […]

The former South Carolina said she would not run for the White House in 2020, but would back the president’s re-election. In a move that caught administration officials off guard, Nikki Haley, President Donald Trump’s U.N. ambassador, has resigned. During an Oval Office announcement Tuesday, Trump and Haley confirmed that she would leave his administration […]

A Madrid court has let off a former doctor over stealing newborn babies from their mothers and supplying them to infertile couples. The court found gynaecologist Eduardo Vela, 85, had committed the crimes but could not legally be convicted because too much time had elapsed. He was the first person to go on trial for […]

Not all of us live in fabulous solar-powered eco-dwellings. Many of us live in cruddy, old apartments and have mean landlords who look like they tie women to railroad tracks in silent movies. It can be hard to be a green renter. One of the common misconceptions about renting is that an apartment dweller is […]

Packing peanuts are the oil sludge of packing materials. If you have some lying around, reusing packing peanuts is always preferable to throwing them out, but if you’ve banished eco-unfriendly packing materials, there are plenty of alternatives that either make use of waste or provide a usable material for the recipient. 1. Newspaper: Balled up, […]

There are plenty of major environmental changes you can make when you have an unlimited budget – like installing solar panels, buying a hybrid car, or putting all new windows in your home. But not all the big impacts come from big spending. Make a few small, inexpensive changes – some of which are even […]