15 Sep Award-winning startup turns fruit waste into natural cosmetics
UK company FRUU creates vegan-friendly lip balms using organic fruit and plant ingredients derived from post-consumer waste....
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12 Sep This 25 year old wanted to reduce plastic waste at festivals – so he built a million dollar business
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His company, Globelet, produces and distributes reusable cups and containers to event-goers....
10 Sep How Sicilian oranges are being made into clothes
From fashion to energy - the rind and seeds of Sicily's most famous citrus fruit, the humble orange, are being used in a range of greener, healthier business initiatives....
06 Sep IoT garbage bin automatically sorts waste and collects data
Poland-based firm has created an intelligent waste bin capable of separating recyclables on site, as well as storing data in the cloud....
05 Sep The future of sustainable food packaging
We need more of this sort of progressive and ethical vision from forward-thinking businesses today....
05 Sep A juice company dumped orange peels in a national park. Here’s what it looks like now.
In 1997, ecologists Daniel Janzen and Winnie Hallwachs approached an orange juice company in Costa Rica with an off-the-wall idea....
04 Sep Four in five Brits concerned about levels of waste as Zero Waste Week kicks off
Four-in-five Brits admit that they are either ‘concerned’ or ‘very concerned’ about the levels of Britain’s waste, according to a new poll released today (4 September) to coincide with the start of Zero Waste Week....
01 Sep Popsicles of pollution: ice lollies highlight Taiwan’s contaminated waterways
Students from New Taipei City collected samples from urban rivers, creeks and ports which they then froze in moulds and preserved in resin....
31 Aug Who will clean up Silicon Valley’s e-wasteland?
There’s no federal law requiring e-waste to be recycled, and procedures nationwide are often fragmented and cumbersome....