The size of China’s farms is a key contributor to the overuse of agricultural chemicals, and as a result, they may be too small to be environmentally sustainable, a new study has found. The study, which was published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, found agricultural chemicals are often ...
While recycling is often touted as the solution to the large-scale production of plastic waste, upwards of half of the plastic waste intended for recycling is exported from higher income countries to other nations, with China historically taking the largest share. But in 2017, China passed the “National Sword” policy, initiating China’s ban on plastic ...
A growing number of people today can no longer ignore the way animals are treated in factory farms and feedlots. And even those desensitized to human suffering are slowly hearing their conscience whisper that the way we feed and farm animals may not be very healthy and sustainable. While all beef cattle spend the first few ...