… Our problems with plastic Liz Lee Reynolds | 14th January 2020 News Platic Waste Disposable Plastic Pollution Sustainability Consumerism Science & Systems plastic-ocea-2-cut.jpg We need a holistic …
Ecosystem destruction is an inherent consequence of free market capitalism.
… 2019 News Capitalism Sustainability Ocean Plastics 5999165366_ee15cbe1b2_b.jpg Ecosystem … (IPCC Special Report) and unprecedented plastic pollution, it’s hard to imagine a … have. Imagine if it chose to switch from plastic to glass which is endlessly recyclable …
The recycling industry has been struggling for years, and the coronavirus crisis has underscored its weaknesses.
… has only intensified with the US shipping plastic off to different countries. Current … statistics estimate that 91 percent of plastic products are never recycled. During … more is helpful, but relatively useless if plastic manufacturers do not change their …
Personal care products contribute some of the largest amounts of waste that end up in landfills.
… You’re already familiar with the issue of plastic microbeads poisoning our oceans and … good news and bad news. The bad news is that plastic microbeads aren’t the whole story, … that’s long overdue. Degradable packaging Plastic water bottles have earned our ire over …
Our insatiable appetite for expensive coffee is causing a global trail of waste and destruction, writes Donnachadh McCarthy. Following the successful campaign for a 5p plastic bag levy, it's time to move on to a much larger 25p levy on disposable coffee cups - making those that profit from the waste carry the cost of its disposal.
… Following the successful campaign for a 5p plastic bag levy, it's time to move on to a … not recyclable, as the paper is lined with plastic to make the cups more waterproof. To … wasteful consumerism, once we had won the plastic bag levy. But then it's not just the …
PHOTO GALLERY: In exclusive images from a brilliant new eco-design book we illustrate innovative ways designers around the world are creating sustainable food packaging, products and appliances...
… Living Food Packaging Design Sustainability Plastic Bag Plastic Bags Bottles Recycle ecolean-p288.jpg … for less waste and more recycling From plastic bag-free towns to refashioned clothes …
Ghost nets - nylon fishing nets abandoned in the ocean - are the sea life killers that keep on killing. Roisin Woolnough reports on the Healthy Seas initiative to transform the ghost nets into useful products from socks and swimwear to carpet tiles.
… been diving since 1969 and there's a lot more plastic and a lot less fish now." When fishing … life that suffers though. Ultimately, this plastic ends up back in the food chain. "When plastic goes into the sea it breaks down over …
Trends shaping consumerism, transport and farming could provide answers for some of the world’s sustainability problems, according to the think tank Forum for the Future. CATHERINE EARLY reports
… regenerative agriculture, action against plastic pollution, and blockchain technology … in the report is action to prevent plastic pollution, which has become mainstream … documentaries including Blue Planet II and A Plastic Ocean. Efforts are now underway to …
Christmas has become a festival of consumerism, rather than giving and family. So how do we fulfil the social expectation to find perfect, novel presents without sending more plastic to landfill. BRENDAN MONTAGUE and LAURA BRIGGS try and find some nice stuff that might just be a little more sustainable.
… perfect, novel presents without sending more plastic to landfill. BRENDAN MONTAGUE and … insatiable desires. Factories in China press plastic into ever stranger objects, and before … not using glitter or sequins, as these micro-plastics can cause huge problems for the …
Green design doesn't have to mean scrimping on aesthetics; as George Blacksell discovered, combining style with sustainability is easily achieved
… the use of renewable materials instead of plastics, and reusing items that would … in making decorative lighting from waste plastic drinks bottles. Diverting plastic from landfill sites is Sarah’s aim - …
Many companies have felt the pressure over the past few years to go green - but some US corporations have made it their mission to help our planet and are making huge changes to our world.
… impact the Earth. People throw away cans, plastics and waste that end up in agricultural … the world produce over 10 million tons of plastic that end up in the ocean. It harms … chain. 4Ocean aims to stop how much harm that plastic does. It forms teams of people …
Shopping is about to reach frenzy levels as the to-do list gets ever longer. And then there is that wonderful person in your life whose present cannot be fur, meat, plastic - or boring. BRENDAN MONTAGUE asked ethical companies for their best gift ideas this Christmas.
… your life whose present cannot be fur, meat, plastic - or boring. BRENDAN MONTAGUE asked … itself is 100 percent post-consumer recycled plastic. The peppermint Pure-Castile Soap …
Does it annoy you that the earth is being destroyed to benefit a tiny minority? Enough to do something about it? Derrick Jensen invites you to join him on the barricades
… join him on the barricades If someone put a plastic bag over your head, or over the head … I would return to this: ‘If someone put a plastic bag over your head, or over the head …
O2’s new green business strategy lays out some laudable ideas. But under the surface it seems that the mobile and internet company is doing little other than looking after its own profits
… new chargers as standard, and curtail plastic bag use in its high street stores. … to obesity and diabetes Chemicals found in plastics, cosmetics and industry may be …
How one Colombian community put wind turbines where they shouldn't have turned, water pumps where they shouldn't have worked, and planted a forest in soils thought long dead
… A neat little finger of bark is stripped and plastic bag stapled below to catch the resin. … How to make a solar water heater from plastic bottles Retired mechanic Jose Alano …
The impact of lockdown on emissions from transport and industry has shifted Earth Overshoot Day more than three weeks back in comparison to 2019 - but we need to do more.
We need a new paradigm for ocean governance focused on well-being and guided by principles of sustainability, ecosystem health, precaution and interconnectedness, argues MICHELLE BENDER of the US based Earth Law Centre.
… ranged from overfishing to climate change, to plastic and noise pollution, to deep-sea …
Later this week, an organisation that has helped make safer drinking water available to families in Indonesia will receive the new Ashden Award for Sustainable Energy and Water 2016. Here, Chhavi Sharma, explores the importance of using sustainable energy technologies to supply safer drinking water around the world.
… made using two locally-available transparent plastic containers stacked one on top of …
I know, I know. Every time you think you've gone your greenest, some killjoy comes along and raises the bar a little higher. Apologies in advance.
… as polytetrafluoroethylene, or PTFE, is a plasticlike substance made up of a complex … while the bottle is made from HDPE, the same plastic used for milk bottles, so once you’ve … – provided your local council accepts plastic milk bottles. Alternatively, the …
The carbon footprint produced by travel doesn’t evaporate at the airport - hotels are big energy consumers, polluters and carbon emitters too. The Ecologist looks into hotel chain Hyatt's efforts to go green
… the big buffet breakfasts they serve to the plastic-wrapped, single-use toiletries in the …
Food production has a huge carbon footprint made worse by the enormous quantities thrown away. There's no need to become a fregan, but isn’t it time you started making the most of leftovers? Celebrity chef Richard Fox shows us how it's done
… bag once it’s opened. Instead, transfer to a plastic container or bowl, lay over damp …
The National School of Forestry is participating in Timber Festival to foster greater public awareness of how sustainable forest management defends our living planet.
… and less polluting to the environment than plastic. It is well known that trees take …