Educate Inspire Change

Day: November 17, 2019

tyu7i

Coca-Cola Presents First Bottles Made From Ocean Waste Plastic

The sample bottles contain 25% recycled marine plastics. Although the process is currently considered a proof of concept, Coca-Cola claims it “is the first successful attempt to incorporate ocean plastics in food and drink packaging.” Called depolymerization, the process assists the low grade plastics to be broken down, reformed, stripped of its impurities and rebuilt into materials …

Coca-Cola Presents First Bottles Made From Ocean Waste Plastic Read More »

dtygu

Elephant Rides At Angkor Temples Finally To Be Banned By Cambodia

Every year millions of tourists visit northern Siem Reap in Cambodia to explore the Angkor archaeological complex, the site of numerous temples built between the 9th and 15th centuries. A UNESCO World Heritage site, the park spans 154.44 square miles (400 square kilometers) and many visitors choose to travel the park by elephant to explore …

Elephant Rides At Angkor Temples Finally To Be Banned By Cambodia Read More »

ddq

This Is The First Playable Record Made From Recycled Ocean Plastic

One could call it a record breaking event, the first non-vinyl record made from made from recycled plastics collected from the beaches of Cornwall in the UK. The brainchild of singer, songwriter and Mercury Prize winner, Nick Mulvey and Cornwall-based Sharps Brewery, Keynvor and vinyl manufacturing company Tangible Formats, the 10-inch record is the first …

This Is The First Playable Record Made From Recycled Ocean Plastic Read More »

donkey scaled

Greek Donkeys Are Still Being Forced To Carry Obese Tourists Uphill Despite Ban

It seems unbelievable that on an idyllic island such as Santorini in Greece continues the cruel abuse and mistreatment of donkeys and mules by forcing them to carry tourists on sightseeing trips. In spite of the Greek government passing a law banning passengers weighing more than 100kg (15 stone, 10 pounds) to be transported by …

Greek Donkeys Are Still Being Forced To Carry Obese Tourists Uphill Despite Ban Read More »

Volcano eruption from space

Russian volcano erupts for the first time in 95 years and astronauts captured the moment from space

A VOLCANO ON A remote island between the Kamchatka peninsula in Russia in the Sea of Okhotsk and Hokkaido in Japan has just erupted for the first time since 1924, and luckily, the International Space Station captured the whole thing via pictures. On June 22, the uninhabited volcanic island of Raikoke shot ash and volcanic glass so high into the air that …

Russian volcano erupts for the first time in 95 years and astronauts captured the moment from space Read More »