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Rubbish deal? Rome to send 900 tonnes of trash to Amsterdam every week

Rome will send 900 tonnes of rubbish to Amsterdam every week. What does that mean for the planet?

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Trolls: Can you find all 100 of these recycled wooden sculptures?

There’s a giant troll made of recycled wood to be found somewhere in the world.

Eco-Innovation

What can making salad dressing teach us about recycling batteries?

‘Once we have brought the metals to Europe, it would be silly to send them back to manufacture new batteries abroad’.

Eco-Innovation

‘Environmental catastrophe’: Can recycled cement help rebuild Ukraine?

Concrete’s binding ingredient is responsible for around 8% of global CO2 emissions. But researchers have found a way to recycle it all.

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Green News

Why is the UK stalling on plans for a bottle deposit scheme?

Deposit schemes have led to high rates of return in countries across Europe but in the UK they have caused division between England and Scotland.

Business Planet

Europe races to secure raw materials critical for energy transition

In partnership with The European Commission

Europe is working against the clock to secure raw materials to power its clean energy transition and lessen China's stranglehold over vital elements.

Eco-Innovation

Solar panels: Scientists make recycling breakthrough

Tens of thousands of solar panels ended up in landfill every year in Australia...until now.

Green News

Watch as ballet dancers twirl amid ‘celestial’ plastic waste set

Japan's K-Ballet troupe is highlighting the plastic waste problem in its latest performance.

Living

Could coffee pods be better for the environment than filter coffee?

A new study compared greenhouse gas emissions from the entire lifecycle of pod, filter and instant coffee.

Green News

What is the world’s most sustainable company?

The annual Global 100 ranking reveals the world's greenest companies.

The Exchange

The circular economy: A €4.1 trillion opportunity?

In partnership with Media City

We talk to the people and players who believe the circular economy is a way to create sustainable growth and also generate profit.

Living

Watch this artist make political portraits from a mountain of plastic

Congolese artist Patrick Cikuru Cirimwami is using plastic waste to create shame portraits of politicians ‘responsible for the destruction of the environment’.

Creators

One man’s trash: meet the band making sweet music from rubbish

The Barcelona-based group defines their sound as “world jazz.” But then you realise than the 'guitarist' is playing a surfboard fitted with strings and the percussionist is playing on a plastic jug filled with water.

Living

'Love Island' is back with a boost for pre-loved fashion

After the hit UK show partnered with eBay in 2022, searches for ‘pre-loved clothing’ soared by 1,600 per cent on the platform.

Green News

Solar-powered carbon capture breakthrough could ‘cut fossil fuels out’

New solar-powered technology can transform CO2 and plastic waste into sustainable fuels and cosmetics.

Green News

What items will be included in England’s single-use plastic ban?

Similar single-use plastic bans are already in place in Scotland and Wales.

Food and Drink

The Dutch bakers making stale bread fresh again

A group of bakers in the Netherlands is reducing waste by recycling unsold bread and making it fresh again

Green News

Spain rules tobacco companies must pay for cigarette butt clean up

Spain has also banned single-use plastic cutlery and plates.

Living

How to recycle your Christmas tree this January

Cut Christmas trees don’t have to be binned at the end of the 12th night - see how others across Europe are putting them to good use.

Eco-Innovation

How can human hair be used to fight pollution?

Belgian NGO Dung Dung uses human hair clippings to absorb environmental pollutants in water.