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America generates 40 million tons of plastic waste a year — and it can't be recycled
Big Oil says it can fix our plastic waste disaster. Don't believe it.
Less than half of HK households involved in waste trial using gov't bags
Only between 20 and 50 per cent of the households participating in a trial of Hong...
Hongkongers call for more support as trial run of waste tax begins
Hong Kong businesses and residents have called for more support for recycling as the city began...
Victoria trials reusable crates for fresh produce to cut ‘invisible’ waste from supply chain
Pilot scheme supplies 1,000 folding boxes to farms and wholesalers to reduce single-use cardboard, paper and...
Trackers Placed in Amazon Pkging Reveal What Happens to Store Drop-Off Recycling
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In a world-first, wooden items get 3D-printed out of wood-only ingredients
Scientists have developed a new "ink" that allows objects to be 3D-printed out of wood. The...
Recycling ceramic waste into new ceramics
IKEA's recently introduced SILVERSIDA line of blue-speckled white ceramic dinnerware are made with ~60% post-firing ceramic...
Can Data Centers Be Sources of Sustainable Heat?
Data centers produce a staggering amount of heat, but what if instead of treating it as...
Danish city tackles single-use coffee cup trash with unique scheme
The new deposit scheme, being trialled in Aarhus, makes it possible to reuse your take away...
Secrets of the deep – how fish scales could confound counterfeiters
Scientists have devised a method of using fish scales to convey encrypted messages. Not only would...
These proteins have dissolved nylon clothes and turned them into a new top
An Australian startup has developed samples of a commercial garment made out of recycled nylon. The...
Sugar cane waste converted into concrete-beating Sugarcrete
After sugarcane crops have been harvested, a great deal of fibrous stalk waste known as bagasse...
