China Bans Imported Recyclables from US, Now Cities Just Burn Them
Not so long ago, China processed 40 per cent of United States recyclables. However, in 2018 China decided to stop importing a lot of...
How to Encourage Others to Recycle (Nicely)
I can’t think of any good reasons not to recycle. It’s relatively easy, affordable, saves your city money, and it can make a huge...
Study: Coal kills more Americans than it Employs
A new study finds that the coal industry kills more Americans than it employs.
Joshua Pearce led the study and is the Richard Witte Endowed...
How everyone can combat climate change: all it takes is planting a tree
Project Drawdown is a group of researchers, policy makers, activists and business stakeholders who work on mapping, measuring, and communicating the most impactful solutions...
Five Tactics to Use Behavioral Science to Combat Climate Change
Environmental and climate scientists are clearly not providing enough evidence to make people adopt climate-smart ways of living. Would then behavioral science help? Here...
How to Build Your Own Plastic Recycling Plant
In 2013 Dave Hakkens, a young guy from the Netherlands started this small movement called “Precious Plastic”. His idea is to boost plastic recycling...
“Green” medals at the Olympic games of Tokyo
Can you imagine that gold, silver and bronze parts of the old mobile phone you recently recycled, could end up in the hands of...
A concerning lack of bugs
A couple of years ago, an article in the Science magazine reported the alarming cleanliness of car windshields—cleanliness not as in lack of dust...
Japanese Pub Made from Recycled Materials in a Zero-Waste Town
This incredible pub in Japan is a symbol of sustainability. Built in the outskirts of a zero-waste town, the pub's interior and exterior are...
From plastic bottles to life-saving materials
With plastic waste piling up, efforts are concentrated to reduce use of plastics and ban single use items. At the same time, new developments...
