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Ikea plans mushroom-based packaging as eco-friendly replacement for polystyrene

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telegraph.co.uk

Swedish retail giant looks at biodegradable fungus-based packaging to replace polystyrene, which is tricky to recycle

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Furniture giant Ikea is considering packaging some of its products with fungi. Photo: REX FEATURES

9:30PM GMT 24 Feb 2016

Ikea plans to use packaging made with mushrooms as an eco-friendly replacement for polystyrene, the Swedish retail giant has revealed.

The flat-pack furniture retailer is looking at using the biodegradable “fungi packaging” as part of its efforts to reduce waste and increase recycling, Joanna Yarrow, head of sustainability for Ikea in the UK said.
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NASA, USAID Open Environmental Information Hub for Southeast Asia

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Aug. 31, 2015
NASA
SERVIR-Mekong Launch
NASA Administrator Charles Bolden (right) cuts the ceremonial ribbon celebrating the opening of the SERVIR-Mekong hub in Bangkok, Thailand, on Monday, Aug. 31, 2015. Beth Paige (center), mission director for USAID Regional Mission for Asia, and Bhichit Rattakul, special advisor to the Asian Disaster Prepardness Center, joined Bolden.
Credits: USAID Asia

 
NASA and the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) Monday launched SERVIR-Mekong, a joint project to strengthen regional environmental monitoring in five countries in the lower Mekong region of Southeast Asia.

One of three SERVIR hubs now operating in developing regions of the world, the center is housed at the Asian Disaster Preparedness Center in Bangkok, Thailand, and joins a growing global community of scientists and decision-makers using publicly available data from space assets to address critical regional issues. Tiếp tục đọc “NASA, USAID Open Environmental Information Hub for Southeast Asia” →