24 Mar Clove oil and silver creates healthier, eco food packaging
Researchers from Lithuania’s Kaunas University of Technology have developed a biodegradable, anti-microbial material for packaging food....
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23 Mar IKEA plans to ditch toxic polystyrene for biodegradable mushroom packaging
IKEA is planning to switch up their packaging in an effort to slash waste and increase recycling....
22 Mar Compostable and edible packaging: the companies waging war on plastic
A new generation of manufacturers and scientists is working to tackle the global plastic waste crisis head on....
22 Mar Recycling robots: AI could reverse the UK’s decline
Robotic waste sorting is gaining ground as an idea, but experts say the economics don’t yet stack up for household waste...
22 Mar Carbon emissions in the UK are now as low as they were in 1894
The death of the coal industry has brought the country's pollution levels back to where they were before cars went into mass production....
22 Mar #OneLess campaign: ZSL to make London free from single-use plastic water bottles
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Launched in 2016, the relatively new #OneLess campaign aims to awaken Londoners and the UK’s eyes to the ever-growing issues surrounding plastic pollution....
21 Mar This retired Russian woman decorated her house with recycled bottle caps
Not all grandmas are only into knitting and feeding stray cats. Russian pensioner, Olga Kostina, is into creative, colourful recycling....
21 Mar The environment will pay for the Trump wall too
US Fish & Wildlife Service has estimated that the wall will threaten 111 endangered species....
21 Mar This new swimwear is made from recycled fishing nets
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Fishing nets go back into the ocean—in a different form....
18 Mar Why food writers are fuelling waste
When it comes to good cooking, only the freshest, most perfect produce will do, right? Wrong, says this food writer – the obsession with buying ‘only the best’ promotes a culture of waste....