HISTORICAL FACTS: 33 - The Untold Story

Clothes piling up in your closet? A landmark California bill would mandate brands recycle them

California could become the first state to tackle the fast fashion waste overwhelming consumers and landfills

The Guardian - US · Sep 24, 2024

Can you trust companies that say their plastic products are recyclable? US regulators may crack down on deceptive claims

Plastic is a fast-growing segment of U.S. municipal solid waste, and most of it ends up in the environment. Just 9% of plastic collected in municipal solid waste was recycled as of 2018, the most recent year for which national data is available. The rest was burned in waste-to-energy plants…

The Conversation · Sep 23, 2024

Majority of Britons want deposit added to drinks cans to boost recycling rates, poll shows

The majority Britons want the government to press ahead with a scheme that would see a deposit added to the price of drinks containers to boost recycling rates, a new poll has revealed.

Evening Standard · Sep 23, 2024

UK public is becoming more ‘carbon capable’ – here’s what that means

As climate change intensifies, rising public awareness and incremental behavioural changes will hopefully evolve into transformative action. We investigate how lifestyles and systems of governance need to change to bring about a sustainable, low-carbon future in the UK.

The Conversation · Sep 16, 2024

Frayed cables and yellow pillows: how to fix, reuse or ditch 12 confusing kinds of household clutter

Different parts of Australia have different laws on recycling but there are also services to fix many common objects

The Guardian - AU · Sep 12, 2024

Making fuels from plastics in Newaygo, Michigan, would be controversial – here’s why

Humans generate a lot of plastic waste – more than 400 million metric tons a year.

The Conversation · Sep 11, 2024

3 Environmental Services Stocks Cleaning Up the Planet

The environmental services industry is transforming continuously to create and discover solutions for effective waste disposal and management and is poised to proliferate. Amid this backdrop, quality stocks Ecolab (ECL), Republic Services (RSG), and Waste Management (WM) could be ideal portfolio additions. Continue reading.

StockNews.com · Sep 10, 2024

South-west London schools and nurseries shut as recycling plant fire burns on

Thousands of people have been told to keep windows closed since the fire broke out in Wimbledon on Saturday

Evening Standard · Sep 10, 2024

'To My Ships' is a new personal care brand with a clean conscience

We interview founder Daniel Bense and designers Formafantasma to hear how the brand came to life

Wallpaper · Sep 10, 2024

Slow mining could be a solution to overconsumption in an increasingly fast-paced world

A “fast” approach to business — characterized by overconsumption across supply chains — has become almost ubiqutous in recent years.

The Conversation · Sep 9, 2024