26 Sep Hotel buffets, a culprit of food waste, get downsized
Hyatt has teamed up with Ideo, the global design firm, to remake the buffet, a hotel staple that oozes excess....
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20 Sep Designer creates clothing that grows with the child
An original clothing range that fits babies as they grow has recently won the UK James Dyson Award....
19 Sep Fast fashion is creating an environmental crisis
No one wants your cheap, old clothes—not even the neediest people on Earth....
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....
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....