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22Oct

“22 Million Pieces of Furniture Thrown Out Every Year in the UK”

Under 10% of UK residents try to fix their damaged furniture; half of such items that are discarded are thrown out as non-recyclable waste.

19Oct

Londoners buy 175 plastic water bottles annually. A program to site water fountains throughout the city could reduce the waste that creates.

18Oct

How do you induce residents to recycle? Financial incentives—such as pay-as-you-throw—and informational campaigns may work best.

17Oct

Four in five Americans want products to carry a “recycling guide” label detailing the parts/percentage that can be recycled and how.

16Oct

The UK’s largest grocer is removing best-by dates from much of its produce to reduce waste by encouraging customers to keep food longer.

15Oct

Only half of Americans recycle every day. Why? Lack of available options, inconvenience, and confusion about what to recycle, for starters.

12Oct

80% of the 50 million tons of e-waste produced globally in 2018 won’t be recycled. International E-waste Day—October 13—aims to change that.

11Oct

Everyone has heard of “reduce, reuse, recycle.” To which you could also add “refuse”—as in single-use plastics.

10Oct

Architect Asghar Fathi is building a 3,000-square-foot “hurricane- and termite-proof” home for his family from recycled shipping containers.

09Oct

After crude oil and natural gas, non-recycled plastics that are sent to landfill represent the third-largest potential provider of fuel.

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