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Plastic waste report reveals 20 firms produce 55% of single use plastics
A troubling climate report has emerged this week revealing that 20 companies are responsible for producing more than half of the world’s single use plastic waste.
At Thred we’re anything but shy in our condemnation of single use plastics and their continued fuelling of an environmental crisis. As of this week though, we may finally start to get some accountability from those most responsible.
An aggregator firm called the 
Carbon emissions are reportedly shrinking Earth’s stratosphere
New research confirms long harboured suspicions that humanity’s emissions are shrinking Earth’s stratosphere, with its thickness reportedly contracting by as much as 400 metres since the 1980s. Science is starting to draw regular connections between humanity’s role in climate change and marked shifts with the planet, and the latest reports are seriously concerning. Just last month, data from the American Geophysical Union revealed that humanity’s ceaseless emissions have separated the...
German design student creates wind powered street light
In a bid to reduce the ecological footprint of modern street lighting, German design student Tobias Trubenabacher has developed an ingenious wind powered alternative called PAPILIO. When it comes to major cities today, implementing widescale sustainability initiatives is definitely a tricky task, but that shouldn’t deter us from innovating and making a difference where we can. This positive mindset is one held by Tobias Trubenabacher, a product design student at the...
eBay becomes first mainstream ecommerce site to jump on NFTs
Previously exclusive to crypto native marketplaces, NFTs could already be on the verge of exploding into mainstream ecommerce – with eBay at the helm. If you thought the frenzy of NFT trading would be a short-lived fad, it goes to show you really don’t know the internet all that well. This newfound mode of digital commoditisation continues to be applied to quite literally anything. Whether we’re talking an eight-bit gif of...
Snack: The Gen Z dating platform using vertical video
Snack, billed as the perfect dating app for Gen Z, is merging young people’s love of low-pressure platforms and vertical video. Think Hinge meets TikTok. If you’ve ever been deemed too ‘thirsty’ in the TikTok comment section, Snack may soon become the natural platform to migrate to. You’d imagine if Gen Z were to put out an ad for their ideal dating app, it would look a little something like, ‘Wanted:...
Biodegradable chewing gum could save our sidewalks
Chewing gum, the sticky bane of sidewalks and park benches across the globe, now has biodegradable ingredients to rival stubborn oil-based synthetics. Turns out the asymmetrical spots we see every day squished into our sideways, public monuments, and benches, may actually outlive us if failed to be scraped away and discarded. Everyone enjoys the 20 or so minty bites of a piece of chewing gum, before it turns into a tasteless...
Floating Wall-E buoys are saving seabirds from bycatch death
Ornithological scientists have in essence created open sea scarecrows to deter seabirds from ending up in fishing nets. I know how it sounds, but data shows they’re proving surprisingly effective. Remember Pixar’s adorable waste collecting hero Wall-E? Well seabirds are utterly terrified of it, apparently. In response to alarming ornithological figures revealing that more than 720,000 sea birds continue to die from getting caught in gillnets annually, a leading bycatch...
Solar Mountain to bring renewable energy to Burning Man
NUDES, a collaborative design office in Mumbai comprised of architects, designers, and builders, has unveiled plans for an ambitious solar installation to bring renewable energy to off-grid communities in the Nevada desert. After going digital in 2020, Burning Man festival could be set to return a more eco-conscious event than ever before thanks to a renewable energy installation in the Nevada desert. Anyone who follows Burning Man will know that organisers...
Sony announces Discord integration for PlayStation
Sony has announced plans to integrate its PlayStation Network with Discord early next year. Could this deal be a gamechanger in bringing the console giant more in-line with the values of young people? If Microsoft acquiring Bethesda was the biggest gaming coup of 2021, Sony has just secured a deal to arguably take the title for 2022 already. This week, Sony has announced plans to team up with popular chat...
Reflective ultra-white paint could help to cool the planet
Academic researchers have reportedly produced the brightest ever white paint, capable of reflecting 98% of sunlight and radiating infrared heat into space. Could this be key to tackling the climate crisis? My fellow Thred enthusiasts, we’re quite possibly looking at a game changing all-natural air conditioner, and it comes straight from a tin. Academic researchers have reportedly developed a white paint so bright it could prevent us from emitting between...
