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It may sound paradoxical, but climate change is indeed contributing to this intense weather as warmer temperatures in the Arctic destabilize the jet stream… we’ll let the experts explain.
A Danish city paid residents to return their to-go coffee cups — and collected 735,000 in a single year
To reduce the amount of disposable coffee cup waste, the Danish city of Aarhus launched a three-year trial project in January 2024 to get people to return them instead — and it paid them to.
Initially introduced through partnerships with local cafes that began offering returnable, reusable cups, the largest consumer behavior change came during a week-long local festival where more people were exposed — and a new habit was born.
Far exceeding its goal of 500,000 in the first year, 735,000 cups were returned last year, preventing 14 tonnes of single-use plastic from incineration and CO2 emissions. This year, it wants to double that and collect 1.5 million cups.
Why is this good news? The program had an 88% return rate, which means each cup would be reused 44 times.
While initially tested on a small scale, these kinds of programs provide proof of concept that initiatives like this are genuinely popular and adoptable — and it could be coming to more cities in Europe.
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In a record-breaking year, global electric vehicle sales were up 25% in 2024
Sales of fully electric and plug-in hybrid electric vehicles rose by 25% globally to over 17 million cars.
December was China’s fourth consecutive month of record EV sales. Thanks to incentives and emissions targets, Britain became Europe’s largest battery-electric market in 2024, overtaking Germany.
The record year was driven largely by China, which sold 11 million total EVs in 2024, as well as Europe, the U.S., and Canada.
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