Art and Design These old shipping containers have been turned into a luxurious hotel Each of the hotel's seven rooms is made of two recycled containers. 06/08/2020
Outdoor Recycled roads will be made out of old tyres and building waste 1 billion scrap tyres are produced globally every year. Now researchers are blending them together to make roads. 03/08/2020
Ideas World’s first couple get married wearing plastic-free face shields The pair tied the knot in plastic-free PPE on the south-west coast of England. 28/07/2020
Fashion Deadstock revival: Meet designers bringing wasted clothes back to life How do we solve fashion’s major problem with leftover stock? 27/07/2020
Ideas Facebook data centre donates excess heat to warm 7,000 Danish homes These giant warehouses full of computers can get very warm. 09/07/2020
Ideas UN report shows our electronic waste is worth billions The UN estimates that the total value of retrievable materials from dumped and burned electronics is €50 billion. 03/07/2020
Outdoor The Lock Inn: Man builds eco-pub in his garden to beat lockdown blues One British man built his own pub out of second-hand materials, so neighbours can enjoy a beer in the sun. 01/07/2020
Ideas Don't throw away old batteries, feed them to your plants instead Recycled batteries can be turned into fertiliser that is being used to grow food. 28/05/2020
Cuisine Iconic Campbell’s Soup goes green, but what would Andy Warhol think? Saving soup cans from going to landfill is surely something Warhol would have approved of. 12/05/2020
Ideas Phone due for an upgrade? Don't replace it, repair it Fixing and updating electronics is cheaper and more energy efficient than buying new ones. 08/05/2020
Art and Design Indian artist makes breathtaking sculptures out of recycled metal Gopal Namajoshi hopes his artwork will open up conversations about how humans and animals can coexist on the planet. 24/04/2020
Ideas Volunteers turn recycled plastic into face shields around the world Living rooms are being turned into makeshift workshops to create protective equipment for medical personnel. 17/04/2020
Cuisine Can you imagine paying for food with rubbish? You can in London. Chocolatier Montezuma's has opened a recycling-focused pop up shop. 13/03/2020
business planet Packing a sustainable punch: how Europe is forming a new relationship with plastic Business Planet heads to Austria to see how one big family firm is attempting to turn the problem of plastic pollution from packaging into a sustainable business opportunity. 06/03/2020
business planet A bad 'wrap': restoring plastic's reputation Business Planet speaks with a leading figure in the plastics industry to find out how the unbiodegradable material can become more environment friendly. 06/03/2020
Fashion Waste from worship: solving India's unique river pollution problem Tonnes of flowers are dumped into waterways each year but this company is turning them into something beautiful. 26/02/2020
Inspire Africa The Ugandan singer turning plastic waste into drums The African continent is the world leader in plastic bag regulations. 25/02/2020
Fashion Designer fills London store with 90,000 plastic bottles Instead of launching with a flashy London Fashion Week event, Anya Hindmarch used her platform to raise awareness. 20/02/2020
View Our disposable culture must end. We need the ‘right to repair’ not recycle our smartphones ǀ View The Green Deal has paved the way for a sustainable product policy. Now legislators must seize this opportunity to ensure all smartphones sold in the EU are designed to be repaired and last longer. 18/02/2020
Cuisine Is your reusable coffee cup really making a difference? There is the capacity for all the paper cups we use to be recycled in the UK. The problem is that customers don’t put them in the right bins. 12/02/2020
Ideas Breakthrough means plastic can be recycled hundreds of times Most plastics can only be recycled two or three times before they become unusable. 04/02/2020
Art and Design Europe’s coolest recycling projects you can invest in There's your usual repurposing ocean plastic plus cinnamon t-shirts and wine barrel home decor. 28/01/2020
Inspire Middle East Global energy demand debated at Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week Gathering heads of state, ministers and energy innovators together in the UAE capital, Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week ran from January 11-18. 24/01/2020
Inspire Middle East How is the UAE tackling its food waste problem? Nursery school children in the United Arab Emirates are learning early about the importance of recycling leftover food. 24/01/2020
focus Dubai acts to stem the tide of single use plastic Almost 90 million air passengers pass through Dubai each year, bringing 5,500 tonnes of plastic. But attitudes are changing. 24/01/2020
Fashion Europe’s worst offenders for burning and binning clothes revealed Fashion capitals have been outed as the biggest producers of textile waste. 20/01/2020
