Travel News

Hong Kong's quarantine hotels are creating mountains of plastic waste

A zero-COVID policy means everything from remotes to pillows and food has to be wrapped in plastic.

19 April 2022

Earth News

Ghana's only glassblower is on a one-man recycling mission

Michael Tetteh is creating wonders using discarded glass waste.

18 April 2022

Earth News

Euroviews. H&M, Boohoo and Zara among brands to be fined, under tough new EU laws

This week, the European Union becomes the first world region to recognise the link between fast fashion and fossil fuels.

31 March 2022

Earth News

Three tons of space junk is heading towards the moon right now

With little to no real atmosphere, the moon is defenceless against meteors and asteroids, and the occasional incoming spacecraft.

4 March 2022

Earth News

Body parts illegally shipped to Sri Lanka are returned to the UK

Illegal waste dumping reaches new lows as UK has body parts returned from Sri Lanka.

22 February 2022

Earth News

These crows are putting humans to shame by picking up cigarette butts

Intelligent birds are helping to clean up one of the most abundant forms of plastic pollution on the planet.

2 February 2022

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Sri Lanka: elephants feeding in garbage dumps

In eastern Sri Lanka, elephants are feeding on an open dump and many are dying after ingesting plastic waste.

14 January 2022

Earth News

Our top tips on how to avoid Christmas card waste

An average of 1 billion Christmas cards are thrown away every year in the UK alone.

22 December 2021

Earth News

Eco-friendly wrapping paper: How to make your own this Christmas

Did you know? We throw away enough wrapping paper each year to circle round the equator nine times.

17 December 2021

Nature

Shrimp-like creatures are sailing to new continents on plastic waste

A new study of the world's biggest plastic gyre has found coastal species living miles out from home on the open ocean.

7 December 2021

Earth News

This designer is making clothes out of human hair

Tonnes of human hair goes to waste every year. So designer Zsofia Kollar has found a way to use it – as yarn for clothes.

6 December 2021

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Lord Mayor of the City of London unveils a rubbish Christmas tree

The Lord Mayor of the City of London unveils a Christmas tree made out of waste at his official residence, Mansion House.

1 December 2021

Ecotech

Sperm is being used to create an eco-friendly alternative to plastic

This DNA-based plastic requires less energy to create than other sustainable alternatives and is much easier to recycle.

29 November 2021

Denmark

This cafe in Denmark fixes your damaged electrical goods for free

The ‘Right to Repair’ campaign wants the EU to rate electrical devices on a scale of reparability to hold manufacturers to account.

21 November 2021

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Activists denounce fast fashion in plastic catwalk protest in Tel Aviv

Models wearing clothes made from different types of rubbish and plastic parade in the Israeli city of Tel Aviv as part of an event organised by the NGO Fashion

19 November 2021

Earth News

Procter & Gamble shocked to find giant tampon applicator on doorstep

Environmental activist Ella Daish has doorstepped the Procter & Gamble headquarters in a protest against period pollution

17 November 2021

Tech News

Euroviews. Future-focused businesses must think circular

The world must significantly scale back overconsumption and adopt more circular economies to avoid climate disaster.

17 November 2021

Earth News

'Waste age': Art explores the devastating impact of what we throw away

From fashion to food, electronics to construction, even packaging – designers have found the lost value in our rubbish and imagined a future of clean materials that could lead us out of the 'Waste Age'.

5 November 2021

Ecotech

After 40 years, these French trains are coming back to life

Days are numbered for this French train cemetery.

1 October 2021

Europe News

Plastic produced by humans reaches 10 billion tonnes, says new study

A report by the Environmental Investigation Agency has found that six out of ten billion tonnes of this plastic waste is just sitting in landfill sites or polluting the environment.

30 September 2021