Have you picked up a product at the supermarket which claims to have plant-based or biodegradable packaging? You might think you’re doing a favour for the environment. But the makers of bioplastics have urged consumers to double check what it says on the packaging, because it might not be as biodegradable as you think. It’s […]
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Minister of Education bans groups that degrade IDF, Israel from schools
Browse > Home / News / Minister of Education bans groups that degrade IDF, Israel from schools January 18, 2021 by TPS Read on for article Education Minister Yoav Gallant issued an order on Sunday banning organizations that degrade IDF soldiers or the state of Israel from lecturing or conducting activities in schools. B’Tselem’s photographer […]
These New Plant-Based Bottles Degrade in Only a Year – And Could Herald the End of Plastic
By Elias Marat, The Mind Unleashed As awareness increases about the growing problem of pollution, single-use plastics have come under for their massive contribution to rampant litter all around the world. But soon, we may be drinking soft drinks and beer from “all-plant” bottles, if new plans from major beverage makers come to fruition. Under a new […]
Palestinian Killed In Israeli Undercover Raid On West Bank Hospital
Israeli forces disguised as Arabs, including one impersonating a pregnant woman in a wheelchair, raided a West bank hospital, shooting dead a relative of a man suspected of carrying out a stabbing attack. The Israeli security service operatives infiltrated the hospital in the city of Hebron on Thursday at around 2.50am. Hospital staff and eyewitnesses […]
Fossil wasp galls indicate little change in Southern California habitats since Ice Age
Wasp gall (Andricus kingii) attached to leaf (left) and later dissected to show inhabitant. Credit: © Joyce Gross The La Brea Tar Pits, the world’s richest Ice Age fossil site, is famous for saber-toothed cats, mammoths, and giant sloths, but it also has numerous insect and plant fossils. New research on fossil galls—abnormal plant growths […]