In Samuel Schabel's laboratory at the Technical University of Darmstadt, an apparatus that looks like a food processor often rattles. In the bowl of the silver-colored device, however, a stirring rod does not whisk together flour, eggs and milk, but water and scraps of paper, cardboard or cardboard. "Paper is a great material and the basic substance cellulose is an important renewable resource," enthuses Schabel. Unlike most plastics, it is biodegradable and easy to recycle. "You just throw it in...
Plastic, real fir, organic or with roots and a pot: which Christmas tree is the most sustainable? An overview. A Christmas without a tree is unthinkable for many people. Around 27 million are sold in Germany every year. But in times of the climate crisis, the question arises: Which tree is best for the environment? The artificial tree Basically, plastic is bad for nature. Because the PVC or polyethylene contained in the artificial Christmas tree is not biodegradable. Nevertheless, an...
Dry pet food is significantly more environmentally friendly than wet food. This is the result of a study on the ecological footprint of food for dogs and cats in Brazil. The dry food of a dog weighing ten kilograms causes an average of 828 kilograms of carbon dioxide (CO2) equivalents per year - based on the Brazilian food supply. If the same dog is fed wet food, its footprint is 6541 kilograms of CO2 equivalent - almost eight times as...
Of Miriam HauckGoogling, streaming, digging for cryptocurrencies: digitization consumes a lot of electricity. Data centers are the main energy guzzlers, of which more and more are being built, and which have to be constantly cooled down when they are not in the Arctic Circle. But not only that: eight to ten percent of the global electricity consumption is currently used for the manufacture and operation of digital devices, by 2025 it could even be 20 percent. In view of such...
agricultural economics Pig skyscrapers - this is how China wants to produce environmentally friendly meat From the outside, the building resembles a hotel. © Hubei Zhongxinkaiwei Modern Farming / PR A skyscraper in China rises 26 floors. The inhabitants: only pigs. Another pig tower is planned - together 1.2 million pigs are to be produced here every year. Animal fattening consumes valuable arable land, emissions are released into the atmosphere and manure is spread on the ground in excess -...
Cheap and climate-friendly food – how does that fit together? Very well indeed, because in order to achieve a low carbon footprint when shopping, you only have to consider a few things. And the wallet does not have to be overused either. source site
energy Federal IT systems still not environmentally friendly The federal IT systems are still not environmentally friendly. photo © Robert Michael/dpa-Zentralbild/dpa Climate protection and digitization are two central goals of the federal government. Bringing these together in practice is difficult for the traffic light coalition. The data centers of the federal government are operated in a much less environmentally friendly way than the systems of Internet giants such as Google, Microsoft or Amazon. This emerges from a response from the...
Packaging, coffee capsules and even records made from renewable raw materials: good ideas that need a second look. Marc Winkelman Michael Stipe wants to use less plastic. The former singer of the band REM released a new maxi single at the beginning of the month and didn't have it made out of vinyl, but out of bioplastics. According to the musician, "Future If Future" is the first record to use the alternative material; he supports a climate protection organization with...
The demand for space coolers is growing - in Germany alone, according to the Federal Statistical Office, by 28 percent between 2019 and 2020. "A/Cs" (air conditioners) have become indispensable in the Mediterranean region and the United States anyway. With fatal consequences for the environment: According to an estimate by the International Institute of Refrigeration (IIR). 20 percent of the electricity produced worldwide is consumed by refrigerators, air conditioners and other refrigeration units, releasing 2.3 gigatonnes of carbon dioxide annually....
by Rolf Herbert Peters 05.09.2022, 15:48 2 min reading time It's not really autumn yet, but the brown leaves are already here. And with it the leaf blowers. But is it really faster than calculating? And what is the ecological balance of the blowing action? By Rolf Herbert Peters You are back. I can hear them behind the hedges. One after the other howls in the neighboring gardens: leaf blowers and vacuums. At that moment it is clear: the coffee...
