The European parliament has voted to ban single-use plastic cutlery, cotton buds, straws and stirrers as part of a sweeping law against plastic waste that despoils beaches and pollutes oceans.
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ĐÀ NẴNG — Việt Nam had been committed to protecting endangered turtles and issuing action plans to boost biodiversity since it became a signatory to the Indian Ocean-Southeast Asia (IOSEA) Marine Turtle Memorandum of Understanding in 2001, according to Trần Đình Luân, Head of the Directorate of Fisheries.
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The Binchotan(備長炭), also called white charcoal, is a type of charcoal traditionally used in Japanese cooking. The Binchotan(備長炭) is named after a charcoal maker in Tanabe, Wakayama prefecture, Binchoya Chozaemon (備中屋長左衛門) who started to selling this type of charcoal in late 17th Century. Originally Binchotan was only from Wakayama prefecture, but some charcoal makers have moved to other areas. Nowadays, Binchotan charcoal is also produced in Vietnam, Laos, China, Indonesia....
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