The Japan Times
@thejapantimes@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 2 days ago

Talks aimed at striking a landmark global treaty on plastic pollution fell apart Friday, in a resounding failure for the environment and for international diplomacy at a time when its frailties are in the spotlight. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/environment/2025/08/15/sustainability/plastic-waste-talks-collapse/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #environment #sustainability #plastic #waste #pollution #un #recycling
jbz
@jbz@indieweb.social  ·  activity timestamp 4 days ago

🪙 LVFS Sustainability Plan

｢ This year there will be a fair-use quota introduced, with different sponsorship levels having a different quota allowance. Nothing currently happens if the quota is exceeded, although there will be additional warnings asking the vendor to contribute. The “associate” (free) quota is also generous, with 50,000 monthly downloads and 50 monthly uploads ｣

https://blogs.gnome.org/hughsie/2025/08/08/lvfs-sustainability-plan/

#lvfs #opensource #sustainability
The Japan Times
@thejapantimes@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp last week

Talks on forging a landmark treaty to combat the scourge of plastic pollution were stumbling Saturday, with progress slow and countries wildly at odds on how far the proposed agreement should go. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/environment/2025/08/10/sustainability/plastic-talks-failing/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #environment #sustainability #plastic #pollution #waste #recycling #un
The Japan Times
@thejapantimes@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp last week

Talks at the United Nations on forging a landmark treaty to combat the scourge of plastic pollution have made insufficient progress, the negotiations chair warned Saturday in a frank midway assessment. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/environment/2025/08/09/sustainability/platic-negotiations-not-sufficient/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #environment #sustainability #plastic #recycling #pollution #un
The Japan Times
@thejapantimes@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp last week

The United States has sent letters to at least a handful of countries urging them to reject the goal of a global pact that includes limits on plastic production and plastic chemical additives. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/environment/2025/08/07/sustainability/trump-plastic-production-caps-un/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #environment #sustainability #plastic #pollution #environment #us #donaldtrump
The Japan Times
@thejapantimes@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago

Diplomats and climate advocates warn that efforts by the European Union and small island states to cap virgin plastic production are under threat from petrochemical-producing countries and Washington. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/environment/2025/08/05/sustainability/oil-trump-treaty-plastics-pollution/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #environment #sustainability #oil #plastic #pollution #us #donaldtrump #republicans #environment #oceans
The Japan Times
@thejapantimes@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago

Negotiators will take another stab at reaching a global pact on plastic pollution at talks opening Tuesday in Geneva but they face deep divisions over how to tackle the health and ecological hazard. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/environment/2025/08/02/sustainability/plastic-waste-treaty-talks/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #environment #sustainability #plastic #waste #recycling #pfas

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Tokyo Outsider (337ppm)
@tokyo_0@mas.to  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago

When are we going to standardise lithium ion battery sizes, like we did with nickel battery sizes, so that instead of having to throw away whole devices when they stop holding charge we can just replace them with another of a standard size?

I think my portable speaker's rechargeable battery is probably not going to last too much longer. I use it every day. But how can it make sense to throw away a whole portable speaker when only the battery is the problem??

#rightToRepair #sustainability
Tokyo Outsider (337ppm)
@tokyo_0@mas.to  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago

When are we going to standardise lithium ion battery sizes, like we did with nickel battery sizes, so that instead of having to throw away whole devices when they stop holding charge we can just replace them with another of a standard size?

I think my portable speaker's rechargeable battery is probably not going to last too much longer. I use it every day. But how can it make sense to throw away a whole portable speaker when only the battery is the problem??

#rightToRepair #sustainability
May First Movement Technology
@mayfirst@social.coop  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago

Discovering community through environmental justice and digital autonomy: New report on sustainable digital infrastructure https://www.apc.org/en/news/discovering-community-through-environmental-justice-and-digital-autonomy-new-report

thanks @APC for this great article on the Actions for Environmental Justice from Autonomous and Community Technological Infrastructures report. Available here: https://mayfirst.coop/en/post/2025/justicia-ambiental-infra/

#Infrastructure#Sustainability#Community #technology#DIT