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Singapore’s beverage container take-back scheme begins

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Evian bottle with 10 cent external logo, designed for overseas use purposes.

SINGAPORE – A plan to encourage people to recycle their bottles and cans by putting them in a vending machine was installed on April 1, but it was difficult to find suitable containers in the market, checks by The Straits Times show. Under the drinks container return scheme, customers pay a deposit of 10 cents … Read more

Video: A ‘powerful storm’ of snow geese begins heading for the Arctic

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Europe's aging grid puts clean energy projects at risk of 'waste'

Bird watchers gather to share in one of nature’s most spectacular spectacles: a “blizzard” of snow geese flying over a Pennsylvania lake. ADVERTISING ADVERTISING It is as if they are gathered in the darkness of the morning, waiting for the time when thousands of migrating birds stop chirping and chirping. They are rewarded with a … Read more