Personal care products contribute some of the largest amounts of waste that end up in landfills.
… Emily Folk | 16th October 2019 News Sustainability Packaging Waste Science & … to The Ecologist , a conservation and sustainability writer and the editor of …
Our economy demands that we make consumption our way of life, the that we seek our spiritual satisfaction in consumption…
… | 6th August 2008 News Consumption Waste Sustainability Landfill Consumerism Landfills … but at what cost? According to international sustainability expert Annie Leonard, creator … in Business made no mention of ethics or sustainability,’ he says. ‘And if industry …
The textile industry has had a reputation for massive waste and water usage for years, but a focus on moving away from fast fashion, the textile industry could become more sustainable.
… Folk | 24th June 2019 News Textiles Waste Sustainability Thought Leaders … and others can revolutionise the practice of sustainability in the clothing and textile … to meet standards. The ultimate goal for sustainability is a reduction in the amount of …
Public authorities implement new waste management models that are capital-intensive and technology-driven at the cost of more socio-ecologically sustainable alternatives provided by waste pickers.
… health and safety, and to environmental sustainability . The informal recycling sector …
Royal College of Art exhibition prompts audiences to re-think their attitudes to materials and waste.
… attitudes to materials and waste. What does sustainability mean today? How can art … have with the natural environment. Here, sustainability points to time, from the lost …
As UK supermarkets scramble to reduce packaging in the face of growing legislation and consumer demand, Aimee Steen talks exclusively to those tackling the problem at high street stores and asks what role customers have to play
… work with the industry to improve packaging sustainability, and voluntary agreements such … across the industry. Asda’s head of corporate sustainability, Julian Walker-Palin, says that …
Countries at the UN have agreed to start formal negotiations on a new 'legally binding instrument' to conserve the biological riches of the high seas that cover 45% of planet Earth, and ensure their sustainable use for the benefit of all mankind.
UN talks begin on a new law to save our oceans The Ecologist | 30th January 2015 News Oceans UK Law Fishing Mining Biodiversity Waste sunset-at-sea-cut.jpg Countries at the UN have agreed to start …
The World Bank’s 2008 World Development Report makes a grim prediction of what is to come:
… food insecurity and renewed worries about the sustainability and fragility of our current … to be as or more important a measure of sustainability as food miles or CO 2 … from the mid-1970s are failing to rise to the sustainability challenge. They are the …
Plastic waste, often burning, is a constant companion in Gambia, a poor country where few enjoy formal rubbish collection, writes Louise Hunt. Now a pioneering project to upcycle waste plastic is beginning to tackle the problem - and in the process enhancing women's social and economic status.
… journalist writing on social affairs, sustainability and international development. …
A staggering 40 percent of all the food produced in the US is never eaten. It’s time to fix our broken relationship to food.
Fighting the food waste mindset Dagan Kay | 27th March 2020 News Food Waste Rubbish Economy Waste Food And Farming screenshot_2020-03-26_at_20.46.16.png A staggering 40 percent of all the food …
Clothing companies must take responsibility for the waste they create, a cross-party parliamentary committee has said.
… needed A voluntary approach to improving the sustainability of the industry is failing, it … through waste advisory organisation WRAP’s Sustainability Clothing Action Plan . WRAP’s …
London is gearing up for Circular Economy Week to accelerate climate action and contribute to a green recovery.
London's circular economy Staff Reporter | 29th May 2020 News Circular Economy Science And Systems Economy London Waste city_hall_london_at_dawn_cropped.jpg London is gearing up for Circular Economy …
When it comes to reusable packaging and the environment, consumers are keen to do the right thing, but it seems sparking a refill revolution in Great Britain means getting the price right first
… Technology And Science Household Waste Sustainability pics-for-packaging-news-1.jpg … ‘There are a wide range of business and sustainability advantages to engaging with …
The world is in the grip of a 'fracking frenzy that threatens us for centuries to come with polluted aquifers, runaway climate change, destruction of biodiversity and worthless 'sub-prime' investments. Just as the world must make the transition to a sustainable future, our 'leaders' are determined to make this last losing throw of the fossil fuel dice.
'Fracking frenzy' - how the shale gas industry is threatening the planet Friends of the Earth Europe | 11th December 2014 News Fracking Fossil Fuels EU Climate Change Pollution Waste USA …
A third of food produced globally is wasted - with over 2 million tonnes of fresh fruit and veg each year never reaching a shop shelf in the UK. This level of waste is staggering, especially when we consider all the energy and resources that went into producing the food in the first place. ILANA TAUB is on a mission...
… Commission. She previously worked in several sustainability related roles, notably in …
A new report released on International Romani Day highlights the severe and systemic environmental racism against Roma communities across Europe during the coronavirus crisis.
… Bureau’s Director of Global Policies and Sustainability is a co-author of the report. …
After a 15-year battle, local campaigners infuriated by pollution, over-pumping of groundwater and land-grabbing have finally forced the closure of Coca-Cola's $25 million factory near Varanasi.
Coca-Cola forced out of $25 million factory in India The Ecologist | 27th August 2014 News India Corporations Water Land Grabs Waste coca-cola-india-cut.jpg After a 15-year battle, local campaigners …
While the government is cutting vital public expenditure across the board there's one industry for which no costs are too great, writes Martin Forwood. The price of an 'evaporator' at the Sellafield nuclear complex is escalating towards £1 billion, while billions more of taxpayer finance are being lined up to finance cooling systems, power lines and transport links for the adjacent Moorside new-build nuclear power plant.
Nuclear plundering of the public purse - the Sellafield and Moorside billions Martin Forwood | 13th December 2016 News Nuclear Waste Finance Energy UK ecaporator-d-cut.jpg While the government is …
Badly thought out waste policy could land the UK with a £0.5 billion fine
UK likely to miss landfill targets The Ecologist | 28th September 2009 News Waste Landfill Pollution Waste And Recycling landfill.jpg Badly thought out waste policy could land the UK with a £0.5 …
Australia's nuclear industry has a shameful history of 'radioactive racism' that dates from the British bomb tests in the 1950s, writes Jim Green. The same attitudes persist today with plans to dump over half a million tonnes of high and intermediate level nuclear waste on Aboriginal land, and open new uranium mines. But now Aboriginal peoples and traditional land owners are fighting back!
Radioactive waste and the nuclear war on Australia's Aboriginal people Jim Green | 1st July 2016 News Australia Waste Pollution Nuclear Politics WMD Indigenous Peoples kylie sambo-cut.jpg Australia's …
Mark Anslow, Laura Sevier, Dan Box and Matilda Lee profile 10 visionaries with 10 big ideas for a better world.
The Visionaries The Ecologist | 20th March 2009 News Finance Conservation Urban Design Waste Transport Law Agriculture Business Energy Consumerism Community Leadership Campaigns Green Lifestyle …
A Greenpeace investigation has exposed the massive efforts of global food and drink giant Coca Cola to defeat popular proposals to require deposits on single-use plastic bottles, writes Maeve McClenaghan. In fact, deposit schemes are working fine in many countries in which the company operates - it's a simple case of corporate profit before environment, oceans and wildlife.
… delivering our current ambitions to boost the sustainability of our packaging and seek their …