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Experts trash Hong Kong's 'throwaway culture' ahead of plastic ban
Experts trash Hong Kong's 'throwaway culture' ahead of plastic ban
by  AFP

Unlike her fellow Hong Kong urbanites toting plastic or paper cups filled with coffee, pet groomer Lucine Mo takes her caffeine hit in a thermal mug with a QR code. The coded mug can be returned to 35 coffee shops taking part in a Greenpeace pilot project aiming to change one of the city's most wasteful consumption habits -- the near-instinctive use of disposable cutlery.

Winter isn't coming: climate change hits Greek olive crop
Winter isn't coming: climate change hits Greek olive crop
by  AFP

Greek organic farmer Zaharoula Vassilaki looks with admiration at a huge olive tree on her property believed to be over two centuries old, still yielding despite a direct lightning hit years ago. It takes about one to two months of good cold weather for the tree to rest... so that it can yield later," Vassilaki said.

Asian markets ease as US inflation comes into view
Asian markets ease as US inflation comes into view
by  AFP

Asian markets dipped Monday as investors look ahead to the release this week of key US inflation data that could provide a guide for the Federal Reserve's plans for interest rates going into the new year.

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