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Norway Ditches Palm Oil Firms, Australia Cuts Plastic Bag Use, New Materials to Replace Concrete

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01.03.2019
by Roxana Adam
Photo: Kamboopics/ Pexels (CC0)

Norway’s wealth fund is making sure companies it invests in will no longer be clearing forests for palm oil plantations; after supermarket giants Woolworths and Coles banned single-use plastic bags, Australia’s single-use bag consumption has dropped 80% since July 2018; and new materials are being developed to disrupt our dependence on concrete.

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01.03.2019
by Roxana Adam
Photo: Kamboopics/ Pexels (CC0)
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