FRANCE CURBS SINGLE-USE PLASTIC

France began the new year with a lofty goal: to eliminate fast-food packaging. All restaurants must now provide reusable tableware for meals consumed on site, rather than serving food in disposable containers. The law is part of France’s efforts to eliminate single-use plastic waste by 2040.

The Ozone Layer Is On Track To Recovery

According to the United Nations, global efforts to phase out ozone-depleting chemicals are working. The Earth’s ozone layer is on track to fully recover within four decades. As long as current policies are maintained, the ozone layer will fully recover across much of the world by 2040. It added that the polar regions will take about two decades longer.

The political will summoned to address the ozone layer’s demise is considered a hopeful precedent for tackling the climate crisis. Indeed, the UN said that efforts to repair the ozone layer may have avoided 0.5C of warming by 2100.

ONE-HORNED RHINOS ON THE INCREASE

According to Indian police, no rhinos were poached in the world’s largest reserve for the greater one-horned rhino last year. As reported by the International Rhino Foundation, the global population of one-horned rhinos has increased from 200 to over 4,000 since the turn of the 20th century.

The last time that Kaziranga National Park counted zero poaches was in 1977, and the news is a victory for conservationists who have worked tirelessly to protect the animals. According to local police, 58 poachers were arrested in the park last year.

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ALIEN CAN’T GET A JOB

Anthony Loffredo, a man on a mission to transform himself into a ‘black alien’ laments over problems finding work and being seen as a normal guy.

Loffredo has undergone a raft of body modifications, such as full body tattoos, large-scale piercings, dyeing his teeth and amputation for an evolution project he says is a bid to become less human and more alien. He says his evolution journey started when he was 27 and it helps him understand life and makes him feel more like himself.

“There are people who are open-minded and there are people who are closeminded,” he said to LADbibleTV. “That’s the way it is.”

Speaking on the Club 113 podcast, he said: “I can’t find a job, there’s lots of negative stuff. It could be positive because you feel better, but you have to know there’s also a dark side. I like being looked at like a normal guy with a job, with a family, who has a friend, girlfriend, all of that. That’s what makes me normal.”

A lot of his body modifications and surgeries are banned in Europe and the US.