Green technology has come a long way. The next challenge for the US National Renewable Energy Laboratory is to develop ways to recycle the recycling infrastructure.
The clean energy sector faces a…
Sanitary products litter Europe’s beaches, and 200,000 tonnes a year end up in UK landfill. Meet the people fighting for ‘environmenstrual’ alternatives.
Ella Daish has lost count of how many tampon…
Floating boom finally retains debris from the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, creator says.
A huge floating device designed by Dutch scientists to clean up an island of rubbish in the Pacific Ocean…
A British design firm has created plastic-free, partially edible meal trays in an effort to reduce airline waste and encourage businesses and travellers to address their consumption habits.
MANGOCHI, MALAWI - Plastic bags continue to pollute Lake Malawi, despite a government ban on their use. Conservationists say the plastic is a threat to about 1,000 fish species found in the Africa's…
MPIGI, UGANDA — Faith Aweko of Uganda describes herself as a "waste-preneur." She has come up with an innovative way to transform discarded plastic bags into backpacks for everyday use.
Aweko has…
Will California show the nation how to take on the enormous problem of single-use plastic? Or will state lawmakers chicken out under heavy lobbying by plastic makers who are happy to continue to…
Burger King has announced that they will no longer include plastic toys included with childrens' meals in the UK.
The fast food chain has asked customers to bring unwanted plastic toys to their UK…
India will implement a nationwide ban on 6 single-use plastic items on the 2nd October this year - the 150th birthday of Mahatma Gandhi.
Single-use plastic bags, cups, plates, straws, small bottles…
The need to invest in new avenues of social income has become the driving force for new inventions in waste management.
Over the years, industry has been tasked with identifying solutions to manage…
ABUJA, NIGERIA - Nigeria generates an estimated 32 million tons of solid waste per year, one of the highest amounts in Africa. Of that figure, plastic constitutes 2.5 million tons.
Every day in a…
Iceland supermarkets have recycled over one million plastic bottles in just over a year, thanks to a trial of ‘reverse vending machines’ in five of its UK stores.
The huge number of bottles recycled…
Hasbro will get rid of all plastic packaging in iconic board games.
Hasbro will get rid of plastic packaging in all of their iconic board games.
Hasbro has announced that all packaging for new…
China’s ban on waste imports has thrown Europe’s paper recycling sector “in a crisis situation,” leading to a chronic oversupply of recovered paper that sent prices plummeting by 300% over the past…
With oil use in cars expected to peak in the mid-2020s, oil companies are seeking shelter in petrochemicals – and plastics – where demand is still going strong. However, even that notion is now being…
The World Health Organisation has realised a report on Microplastics in drinking-water which raises concerns about they have on human health.
The World Health Organisation has realised a report on…
Indonesia’s most popular tourist destination, Bali, has officially instated a ban on single-use plastics and polystyrene in an effort to tackle marine plastic pollution.
Bali’s Governor, I Wayan…
After a loss in sales, Iceland has said there is still a long way to go where plastic pollution is concerned.
The frozen supermarket has revealed that it had to re-introduce plastic packaging across…
New government analysis has found that bottle return schemes could earn up to £2 billion a year.
Government analysis, highlighted by the Campaign to Protect Rural England (CPRE), has shown that…
Asda has partnered with the non-profit organisation City to Sea to implement free water-refill schemes in all Asda cafes.
The supermarket giant has committed to reducing the amount of plastic…
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