06Nov

“Vegan Couple Lived for a Month on Food Waste”

Two vegan Brits for weeks ate only food that had passed its sell-by date, fruit picked off trees and soon-to-be-binned produce from friends.

05Nov

“More solar panels mean more waste and there’s no easy solution”

Cheaply made Chinese solar panels can break down in as little as five years—meaning a deluge of solar waste could soon be upon us.

05Nov

Researchers have developed a binder made of 80% fly ash, a byproduct of coal-fuled power plants, to replace portland cement in concrete.

05Nov

The EU has okayed a ban effective 2021 on 10 single-use plastics that most often end up in the ocean, including plates, cutlery, and straws.

02Nov

Tesla’s li-ion battery recycling process reportedly can reclaim nickel, copper, cobalt, steel, aluminum and lithium for use in new products.

02Nov

Timberland’s X Thread boots use recycled plastic bottles from the streets of Haiti, saving water and creating local jobs in the process.

02Nov

Global raw materials use is projected to nearly double by 2060, depleting resources faster than they can be replenished, the UN says.

01Nov

Use of thermoplastic resins for wind turbine blades could make them commercially viable for recycling under certain price conditions.

01Nov

What to do with the plastic waste China no longer accepts? Increasingly, it is being mixed with asphalt and incorporated into road pavement.

01Nov

Is the ease with which we can toss an item in the recycling bin—whether or not it actually gets recycled—encouraging rampant consumerism?

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