environment
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There is something comforting about the sound of a washing machine filling. The rush through the pipes. The click of the valve. The first heavy slosh beneath the clothes. It is one of those ordinary household sounds we barely notice because we assume it will always be there. Water comes in. Dirty goes out. The…
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When the Sea Becomes the Sink: Gaza’s Water Crisis Continues In southern Gaza, families have been forced to wash clothes and dishes in seawater as clean water simply runs out. As of the original report in October 2024, the situation was already dire. Since then, it has only deepened — and widened. For weeks, residents…
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In today’s world, plastic laundry detergent jars are a common sight in our homes. They’re convenient for storing and pouring detergent, but have you ever thought about what happens to them before and after they find a place in your laundry room? In this blog, we’ll explore the journey of these plastic containers, the environmental…
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Amid concern over microplastics, a Maine company creates a kelp-based laundry pod alternative In recent years, products like Tide pods and detergent sheets have taken off. Over 25% of Americans have switched to them since they came on the market more than a decade ago. For some, it was because of the ‘green’ label. Alexa…
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Microorganisms are everywhere. Forty million in a single gram of soil. One hundred trillion in the gut flora of the average human. Among this soup of single-celled, microscopic organisms are microbes such as bacteria, which, among other things, produce enzymes. Enter Novozymes. Headquartered in Bagsværd, just outside Copenhagen, this Danish biotech firm has been putting…
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An average three-pound load of shirts, pants and socks sheds hundreds of thousands of microfibers into the sewer system, where they slip undetected past water chemical treatment plants and enter river and ocean ecosystems. Joaquim Goes, an ocean biochemist at Columbia Climate School’s Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, had to look twice when he first saw the…
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Most people today would lean towards environmentally friendly life choices, but not at the expense of being clean. When it comes to our washing habits, the fear of being perceived as dirty often wins out over the desire to act in an environmentally friendly way. And the more inclined we are to feel disgusted, the…
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In recent years, the mounting environmental crisis has brought the issue of plastic waste to the forefront of public consciousness. As we look for ways to reduce our plastic footprint, it is important to understand the recyclability of common plastic products, such as laundry detergent bottles. Are plastic laundry detergent bottles recyclable? The answer, as…
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