By Ashutosh Pandey Billions worth of valuable metals such as gold, silver and copper were dumped or burned last year as electronic waste produced globally jumped to a record 53.6 million tons (Mt), or 7.3 kilogram per person, a UN report showed on Thursday. Growing demand for electronic gadgets, mostly with short life cycles and […]
By Sharon Kelly Back in April last year, the Trump administration’s Environmental Protection Agency decided it was “not necessary” to update the rules for toxic waste from oil and gas wells. Torrents of wastewater flow daily from the nation’s 1.5 million active oil and gas wells and the agency’s own research has warned it may […]
The world is using up more and more resources and global recycling is falling. That’s the grim takeaway from a new report by the Circle Economy think tank, which found that the world used up more than 110 billion tons, or 100.6 billion metric tons, of natural resources, as Agence France-Presse (AFP) reported. The Dutch […]
By Greg McDermid, Joule A Bergerson, Sheri Madigan Hidden among all of the troubling environmental headlines from 2019 — and let’s face it, there were plenty — was one encouraging sign: the world is waking up to the reality of climate change. So now what? While many climate solutions require leadership from governments, we also […]
Colgate has launched a new line of toothpaste in a fully recyclable tube, a first for toothpaste, as The Guardian reported. Colgate’s Smile For Good brand, which is only available in Europe right now, has been certified by The Vegan Society and comes in a tube made from high-density polyethylene (HDPE), which is the same […]
By Diana Madson At the Detroit Zoo, giraffes, rhinos, and zebras not only fascinate visitors — they also generate what the zoo calls “poo power.” “Animal manure is very usable. It has a lot of energy in it,” says Manager of Sustainability Rachel Handbury. In 2017, the zoo became the first in the country to […]
By Jazmine Velasquez My family’s defining motto is “Siempre usa como lo que tienes.” (“Always use what you have.”) Mom and grandma have used the expression so many times, I hear their voices every time I want to get a $15 poke bowl after class but have leftovers in the fridge at home. I hear […]
By Pamela Tudge The holiday season has a waste problem. On average, each Canadian produces 720 kilograms of municipal waste—more than the per capita output in the U.S. and double what is produced in Japan. And over the holidays, our waste volumes double. Think about it: We’re each throwing out several additional kilos of holiday […]
Food, as we know, is a terrible thing to waste. Roughly one third of the food produced in the world for human consumption gets lost or wasted every year. But what if we could use food waste to create more food? That’s the elegantly full-circle idea behind Indie Ecology, a West Sussex food waste farm […]
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