The problem with coffee pods and the eco-friendly alternatives to use instead
Many Americans have become accustomed to using single-serving brewers to make their morning cup of coffee. Not...
Trader Joe’s ditching single-use plastics for more eco-friendly options
An increasing number of grocery stores are ditching single-use plastics to help curb the amount of synthetic materials...
6 places to find the best recycled building materials
If construction is in your future — either with a new home build or a remodel — using recycled building materials...
Austin passes law banning restaurants from throwing out food waste
Restaurants in Austin, Texas have revamped operations this week by adopting sustainable measures for food waste....
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,...
Ore Streams: Studio Formafantasma creates striking furniture from salvaged e-waste
Millions of tons of e-waste clog up our landfills every year, but Studio Formafantasma is on a mission to breathe...
MIT students find a way to make stronger concrete with plastic bottles
Americans consume 8.6 billion water bottles — every year. Of those, only 1 of 5 is recycled. Fortunately, a handful...
This company wants to turn food waste into building materials — here’s how
What do peanuts, rice, bananas, potatoes, and mushrooms have in common? In addition to being delicious, they could...
Plastic-degrading fungus found in Pakistan trash dump
We're filling up the world with plastic, and the material takes up to a millennium to break down in landfills....
Plastic-eating caterpillar could revolutionize waste treatment
The answer to our global plastic catastrophe may be in sight. Spanish researchers have discovered that the wax...
8 incredible parks created from landfills
Humanity has turned Earth into a giant trash pile. The Environmental Protection Agency estimates that Americans...
At least 60 dead in Ethiopian garbage “landslide”
At least 60 people are dead after a mountain of trash collapsed at a dump in Ethiopia on Saturday night. The "landslide"...
Humanity’s footprint is weighing down the planet with 30 trillion tons of junk
Everyone knows that humanity has an enormous footprint on the planet - but few of us have thought to ask just how...
Zappos redesigns its shoe boxes to be infinitely reusable
With more and more of us now ordering basic goods online, the average person's life is starting to include more...
Artist Vincent Skoglund transforms landfill waste into sculptural installations
The artist finds colors and variety in places where most people see ugliness. He uses worn out, broken objects...
Tel Aviv’s notorious ‘Garbage Mountain’ transforms into world’s largest recycling park
Every day, Hiriya sorts 3,000 tons of household waste, 1,500 tons of construction debris and 250 tons of landscape...
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...
Amazing ERO Concrete-Recycling Robot Can Erase Entire Buildings
Demolition is a messy business—not only does the process require heavy machinery and produce clouds of dust,...
Brooklyn Roasting Company Launches the “Citi Bike of Coffee Cups”
Considering that the average New Yorker can drink several gallons of coffee a day, you can imagine the amount of disposable...
Isidore Electronics Recycling Gives Ex-Cons a Second Shot at Life
Kabira Stokes has always been troubled by the things our society sees as disposable; she hates watching toxic heavy...
NYC Food Waste Challenge Announces 2,500 Tons of Trash Diverted from Landfills
Mayor Bloomberg's NYC Food Waste Challenge reached a major milestone recently with the announcement that the city...
Apple’s Latest 5C and 5S iPhones are Even More Breakable than Previous Models
It’s no secret that iPhones are fragile and prone to breaking - and Apple’s latest versions, the 5C and 5S...
Food Waste is the World’s Third Biggest Source of Greenhouse Gas Emissions
A recent study by the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) estimates that the 1.3 billion tons of food discarded...
The US is Banned From Exporting Garbage to China Through the ‘Green Fence Initiative’
Photo via Shutterstock The US has a big trash problem. How big is it? So big that the country has to export...
Gasbot Methane-Sniffing Robot Can Detect and Collect Rogue Methane from Landfills
The new Gasbot methane-sniffing robot from Sweden’s Orebro Unviersity could be used to detect leaking gas pipes...
NYC Set to Roll Out Citywide Composting Program
New Yorkers who have been lugging their food scraps to composting centers in the city may be catching a break very...
Mayor Bloomberg Set to Announce All-Borough Composting Program in NYC
NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg is planning to announce a citywide composting plan that would divert 100,000 tons...
Mayor Bloomberg Aims to Boost Recycling and Save Taxpayers Money
During his final months in office, Mayor Michael Bloomberg has his sights set on getting the concrete jungle to...
O2 to Sell New HTC Smartphone Without Chargers, Cut Four Olympic Swimming Pools Worth of E-Waste
UK mobile network provider O2 just announced that they will not be releasing a charger with the new HTC smartphone....
Starbucks to Recycle Coffee Grounds and Baked Goods into Laundry Detergent and Other Products
Over the past year, Starbucks has launched a range of initiatives to reduce their footprint, and now in order to...