02 Feb Used clothes: Why is worldwide demand declining?
Pity today's clothes. Like unloved toys, they're being worn less often than ever....
Waste
23 Jan Shocked fisherman finds large amount of plastic in fish’s stomach
Posted at 20:00h
in Environment, Microplastics, Ocean conservation, Ocean waste, Plastic bottles, plastic waste, Waste, Wildlife
Take a look at what he found...
11 Jan Theresa May vows to eliminate UK’s plastic waste by 2042
Posted at 09:00h
in Environment, Ocean waste, Packaging, Plastic bottles, plastic waste, Pollution, Waste
Environmental groups say the target lacks urgency and does not match the scale of the crisis....
10 Jan This app turns cleaning the planet into a mobile game
Join the Litterati revolution....
02 Jan Bali declares rubbish emergency as rising tide of plastic buries beaches
Posted at 21:35h
in Environment, Ocean conservation, Ocean waste, Plastic bottles, plastic waste, Pollution, Waste
The island has declared a "garbage emergency" after the country's most popular tourist beaches were inundated with a rising tide of plastic waste....
02 Jan UK faces build-up of plastic waste
The UK's recycling industry says it doesn't know how to cope with a Chinese ban on imports of plastic waste...
29 Dec Before you throw out your Christmas tree: read this
Now that the holidays are winding down, it's important to maintain this mindfulness, especially as we dispose of our Christmas trees....
21 Dec Apple admits it deliberately slows down iPhones as they get older
Company confirms biggest conspiracy theory about its phones is actually true...
20 Dec 114,000 tonnes worth of plastic packaging to end up in bin this Christmas
Posted at 14:31h
in Campaign, Consumption, Ocean waste, plastic waste, Recycling, Sustainable consumption, Waste
Plastic packaging weighing more than the equivalent of 3.3 million emperor penguins will be thrown away this Christmas, campaigners have warned....
13 Dec Biological house is built from upcycled farming waste
A collaborative project supported by the Danish Ministry of the Environment uses agricultural waste as building materials in sustainable housing....