My solar panels are faulty. Can I repair them or is it time for new ones? Waste generated by discarded systems is enormous. Here’s how to decide if it’s really time to replace your current array The Guardian - AU · Nov 29, 2024
Neil Goldman obituary Other lives: Head of a food packaging business that set trends in using environmentally friendlier materials The Guardian - UK · Nov 29, 2024
Is Emeco's 'No Foam KNIT' a sustainable answer to synthetic upholstery textiles? 'Make more with less' is Emeco's guiding light. Now, the US furniture maker's new mono-material textile, the 'No Foam KNIT', may offer a sustainable solution to upholstery materials Wallpaper · Nov 29, 2024
Waste Pickers Battle For Recognition At Plastic Treaty Talks As diplomats negotiate behind closed doors in Busan on a treaty to curb plastic pollution, the waste pickers who are on the front lines of the problem are fighting for recognition. International Business Times · Nov 29, 2024
Councils given four bin guidelines to end ‘wild west’ recycling policies Under current legislation, some households are required to separate waste into seven bins. Evening Standard · Nov 29, 2024
Chinese Island Plastic Pollution Turned Into Artistic Omens As storm clouds gathered on a forgotten beach in China's Miaodao islands, artist Fu Junsheng picked his way through piles of plastic waste washed up along the shoreline, looking for inspiration. International Business Times · Nov 27, 2024
Best products to mend shoes: Tools, glue and more Broken shoes? Time to take sole responsibility, urges Abha Shah Evening Standard · Nov 25, 2024
Textile waste a growing environmental concern The last quarter of each year is chock-full of festivals--which, traditionally, is when Indians shop for new clothes, spurred on by myriad sales and big discounts. Newslaundry · Nov 25, 2024
Where does the Fogo go? The challenge of recovering Sydney’s green waste – and how you can help Food and garden rubbish is sorted and then cooked to produce rich compost at this waste management centre The Guardian - AU · Nov 22, 2024
Rescuing the treasure from the trash: Sanitation workers help save diamond that mistakenly landed in garbage The owner of the diamond was ‘hoping for a miracle (and a way to open the Big Belly),’ officials said The Independent UK · Nov 21, 2024
Bali plastic recycling scheme swamped with garbage Scheme has collected a fraction of the waste it set out to handle and is struggling with broken machinery and poor finances The Guardian - UK · Nov 20, 2024
These countries produce the most plastic pollution in our oceans – and they’re not the ones you might have guessed Trillions of pieces of plastic are estimated to float in oceans around the world The Independent UK · Nov 19, 2024
Welsh Government pulls out of four-nation deposit return scheme Deputy First Minister Huw Irranca-Davies announced the decision on Monday afternoon. Evening Standard · Nov 18, 2024
How winter makes recycling harder with 40% jump in contamination New data reveals an extra 5,000 tonnes of waste is sent to landfill or incineration from November to March The Guardian - UK · Nov 17, 2024
The Independent UK · Nov 15, 2024 Clean energy could create millions of tons of waste in India. Some are working to avoid that As clean energy infrastructure like solar panels and electric car batteries becomes more common in India, some small businesses are working to recycle them when they reach the end of their lifespan, dismantling panels to sell individual components and using old EV batteries’ remaining power to provide electricity to remote,…
Woman & Home · Nov 12, 2024 EarthKind Feather & Down Support Pillow review: an ethical spin on a traditional pillow type This felt like sleeping on the traditional pillows of my childhood – but the feather and down in this pillow are all recycled.
The Guardian - UK · Nov 10, 2024 Tide’s out, dinner’s up: why Wales is at the forefront of a seaweed revolution Food, fertiliser, fuel … seaweed has been a life force for centuries. On a coastal foraging trip in Pembrokeshire, we discover it’s now behind a new green initiative, too
The Guardian - AU · Nov 9, 2024 Beautiful, eco-friendly and fire resistant: why architects are choosing walls made of hemp Sumptuously textured, carbon negative and just a bit more expensive, hempcrete is being increasingly used in eco-friendly building
The National (Scotland) · Nov 8, 2024 Deposit return scheme ‘misrepresented’ by ministers, Biffa claims MINISTERS “negligently misrepresented” a now collapsed drinks container return scheme to a waste management company to persuade it to sign up, a…
Evening Standard · Nov 8, 2024 Deposit return scheme ‘misrepresented’ to waste firm by ministers, court told Biffa is suing the Scottish Government for a sum in the region of £160 million after the scheme collapsed.
Newcastle Herald · Nov 5, 2024 How Newcastle stacks up: benchmark report to compare councils 'It is very much a feather in our cap to be asked.'
AAP · Nov 2, 2024 Electric prime movers finally rolling into Australia More companies are swapping heavy-duty diesel trucks for electric prime movers, but industry experts say regulations still need to change to get more on roads.
The Guardian - AU · Nov 1, 2024 Can I fix it? Yes you can! Don’t throw away these household items before trying to repair them From household electrical appliances to timber furniture and a family fairy floss machine – so much can be saved from landfill
InsideEVs · Nov 1, 2024 The Life Cycle Of An EV Battery: From Manufacturing To Recycling As EVs continue to reshape the transportation industry, understanding the journey of an EV battery—from its creation to its eventual recycling—has never been more important. The life cycle of these batteries is a complex, multi-stage process, and every phase holds opportunities to reduce environmental impact, maximize efficiency, and extend the value…
AAP · Oct 31, 2024 Wasting away: dump crisis needs 'landfill transition' The Harbour City is not alone in facing a landfill problem but a recycling advocate warns governments are getting overly excited about burning junk.