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Honey bees
Honey bees

Honey bees (Apis Mellifera) have been in the news quite a lot recently. Honey bees are vanishing at an alarming rate and since the 1970´s already almost 60% of honey bee colonies have disappeared, mostly due to Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD). Nobody really knows what causes CCD, but many experts believe CCD can be attributed to a variety of factors: increased use of pesticides, a virus-harboring parasite, inadequate/poor nutrition and bee management stress.

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My Green Goodie InfoArlette DiederiksHoney bees, Honey, Wild bees, bumble bee, Colony Collapse Disorder, CCD, pollinator, pollination, domesticated bee, Jonas Geldmann, Juan P Gonzalez Varo, Conserving honey bees does not help wildlife, native pollinators, buzz pollination, Marla Spivak, University of Minnesota, factory-farmed animals, vegan, organic honey, beekeeping, date syrup, maple syrup, molasses, coconut blossom nectar, rice syrup, agave nectar, natural remedy, PETA, honey beeComment
Tires
Tires

Tires have a huge environmental impact, from production, to use to discarding them. Tires are made from natural rubber and synthetic rubber, produced from the polymers found in crude oil. The other primary ingredient in tire rubber is carbon black. Carbon black is a fine, soft powder created when crude oil or natural gas is burned with a limited amount of oxygen.

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My Green Goodie InfoArlette DiederiksTires, Abrasion tires, Environmental impact tires, microplastcs, Carbon black, Chemicals, Toxins, Natural rubber, Synthetic rubber, Plastics Strategy, Eunomia, Simon Hann, European Commission, Tire particles, Friction, Roads, Bridgestone, Firestone, Michelin, Goodyear, Continental, Plant-derived materials, Recycling, Recycling tires, University of Minnesota, IsopreneComment