Happy Monday! Here is your weekly dose of positive Climate and Biodiversity news to help motivate you and get your week off to a great start.
It's time to balance out all the “doom and gloom” news we often hear and add some positivity to our lives. 🙌
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"Hong Kong will ban disposable plastic tableware from next April, as lawmakers on Wednesday approved a bill aimed at making the city “plastic-free.”"
Read the full article on Hong Kong Free Press.
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"Hull looks set to become the first UK city to give people the "right to grow" food on disused council land. Council bosses say the move would bring communities together, reduce antisocial behaviour and make places look better, as well as put quality food on dinner plates."
Read the full article on BBC News.
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"The EU has announced further plans to crack down on microplastics after its ban on glitter came into force. The proposal, which tackles tiny pellets used in nearly all plastic products, aims to cut plastic pellet pollution by 74% by the end of the decade. Overall, it would lead to a 7% reduction in Europe’s microplastic pollution, according to the European Commission."
Read the full article in The Guardian.
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"People in the UK consumed less meat last year than at any point since records began in the 1970s, in a trend driven by the cost of living crisis, the continued impact of Covid and broader lifestyle changes."
Read the full article in The Guardian.
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"Fast forward five years and uninhabited Redonda's once barren terrain is today a fertile eco haven, teeming with fresh new vegetation while populations of birds and endemic lizards have soared."
Read the full article on BBC News.
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