Amazon packaging
Shareholders and Investors Set to Vote on Amazon’s Other Looming Problem – Plastics

Amazon’s other big problem – its staggering plastic use – is set to feature at the company’s upcoming annual general meeting (AGM) later this month, when shareholders will be asked to vote on a resolution requiring the e-commerce giant to issue a report by year end quantifying its use of single-use plastics. Amazon’s plastic use […]

Design award receives 1,409 innovative projects

The global No Waste Challenge award received 1,409 innovative projects from all over the world, a record number among the editions of the challenge promoted by the global platform What Design Can Do, which this year received support from Oceana in Brazil. Of the total enrolled, 115 projects present solutions for the cities of Rio de […]

#MesDelMar: Single-use plastics found at great depths

TUE, 2021-05-04 16:56 Since the invention of plastics, more than 100 years ago, they have become a component present in virtually every aspect of people’s daily lives, from water bottles to construction materials and medical implements. Currently the global production of plastics is more than 300 million metric tons per year, which is expected to increase […]