Cut plastic from your home and inspire your family to live plastic-free
Reducing plastic usage is a challenging task in today’s everything-plastic society. We all understand the importance...
Biodegradable tableware made from wheat bran debuts at Toronto’s Green Living Show
This week, Toronto citizens learned that wheat bran is good for more than enhancing digestive regularity. An innovative...
Baby turtles officially return to the beaches of Mumbai after largest beach clean up in history
Olive Ridley baby turtles have officially returned to the beaches of Mumbai, and it is all because one of the world’s...
Competition-winning Bamboo Stadium is a sustainable solution to Lagos’ former landfill
In Lagos, Nigeria, one of the world’s fastest growing cities, a visionary design has been proposed to rethink...
Sustainable pencil stubs Sprout into plants
Have you ever stopped to think about where your pencil came from or what it’s journey will be once it hits the...
Eco-friendly options for decluttering waste
Clutter in your home creates a weight, in every sense of the word. From the physical weight of moving objects around...
This contaminated, post-industrial site will become a massive park in Florida
New images have been unveiled of international design firm Sasaki’s proposal for transforming a 180-acre, post-industrial...
This groundbreaking new machine can recycle 220 pounds of diapers in a single hour
It takes hundreds of years for disposable diapers to decompose in landfills - but this new machine can turn 220...
It “sounded like an explosion:” avalanche of trash kills 16 people in Mozambique
A devastating garbage landslide precipitated by heavy rainfall wounded six people and killed 16 in Maputo, Mozambique,...
IKEA plans to cut food waste in half by 2020 — here’s how
You now have one more reason to love IKEA. By 2020, the Swedish company plans to cut food waste by 50% at its stores...
Costa Rica aims to become the first country to ban all single-use plastics
Costa Rica is taking a stand against the plastic waste flooding our oceans and clogging up our landfills: the country...
“Mount Trashmore” of Massachusetts transformed into clean energy hub
Who says there's no such thing as second chances? An historically off-putting landfill in Brockton, Massachusetts,...
Former landfill reborn as education center for underserved citizens in East Palo Alto
A former landfill has traded its dirty past for a new start as a nature reserve at the southern end of the San...
Lawmakers move to halt NYC plastic bag fee
NYC's proposed single-use bag fee could be in danger. NY state senators recently voted to put a halt on the measure,...
5 Ways to make socially responsible clothing choices
According to the Waste & Resources Action Programme, the average U.K. household owns approximately £4,000 worth...
Biodegradable algae water bottles provide a green alternative to plastic
Jónsson said, “I feel there is an urgent need to find ways to replace some of the unreal amount of plastic we...
Starbucks trials recyclable paper coffee cups for potential global use
In the UK, only one in every 400 paper coffee cup is recycled. Starbucks is partnering with Frugalpac, a manufacturer...
Horrifying ‘river of trash’ flows through the capital of Lebanon
Last summer, officials in Beirut, Lebanon closed their main landfill, but they forgot one important thing: they...
This trash fire in Mumbai is so bad it can be seen from space
In late January, a fire broke out in a landfill in Mumbai, India, and the plume of smoke being produced is so massive...
Trash-munching vultures enlisted to find litterbugs in Peru
No longer are vultures to be depicted as heartless, hungry scavengers circling the lost traveler in the desert....
INFOGRAPHIC: The dangerous truth about Styrofoam
It might keep your coffee hot without burning your hand, but plastic foam – more commonly known as Styrofoam...
Hastings-on-Hudson becomes first NY community to ban styrofoam containers and plastic bags
New York City's recent decision to ban single-use styrofoam containers (which will go into effect on July 1st)...
Seattle to embarrass and fine residents who don’t compost
In Seattle, there is now a big difference between trash and food. A new city law makes it illegal to toss out your...
Sustainable Beluga Razors Put a New Spin on a Classic Shave
Did you know that in the United States alone, over 2 billion disposable razors are thrown in the garbage every...
Can the $40 Billion Great Garuda Project Stop Jakarta From Sinking Into the Sea?
Indonesia's capital, Jakarta, is sinking into the sea. And forget the fuss about Venice dropping at a rate of...
Sweden Now Recycles a Staggering 99 Percent of its Garbage
Sweden now recycles or reuses an incredible 99 percent of its waste, an improvement on the already impressive 2012...
Port Sunlight River Park: Former Landfill Reborn as Beautiful Park and Wildlife Habitat
Formerly known as Bromborough Dock, the site was used as a landfill for 15 years until it closed in 2006. Multi-million...
World’s First Recyclable Paper Cup Set to Hit UK Streets
Feel guilty every time you have to get a disposable cup for your latte? Soon you could be saying goodbye to that...
Could Present Architecture’s Green Loop Composting Park Concept Be the Future of NYC Sanitation?
The new Green Loop facilities would be built on top of artificial islands connected to the boroughs via jetties....
Could These Artificial Composting Islands Be the Future of NYC Sanitation?
No one wants a landfill in their backyard, but the alternative - trucking garbage to other states - is an obvious...