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Circular Economy
This start-up has developed a way for businesses to quickly compost food waste
Composting food waste into fertilizer can be a lengthy process – but this Malaysian start-up has found a way to do it in just 24 hours.
Environment and Natural Resource Security
New research reveals how airborne microplastics travel around the world
A new study has highlighted the risk of airborne microplastics, with waste swept into the atmosphere where is can travel on jet streams around the world.
The Ocean
COVID-19 has made plastic pollution worse - here are 4 things we can do
From bans to taxes, policy and legal approaches are available to help curb plastic pollution - but, there's no silver bullet warns the World Resources Insititute.
Plastics and the Environment
5 ways fungi could change the world, from cleaning water to breaking down plastics
Funghi has been found to have a number of beneficial properties - from foam packaging to water filtration, and as an active ingredient in antibiotics.
Plastics and the Environment
Here’s everything you need to know about chemical recycling – and how it could solve our plastic problem
Two academics from Bath University explain how chemical recycling can provide a more sustainable alternative to the mechanical recycling process.
Plastics and the Environment
Three experts on why eradicating plastic pollution will help achieve gender equality
Women's inclusion in the waste sector needs to go all the way up to policy level to enable a plastic waste management sector that reflects gender parity.
Plastics and the Environment
The Wild West of plastic credits and offsets
Companies can buy plastic credits - which pay for the equivalent amount of plastic to be collected and recycled elsewhere. Here's what you need to know.
SDG 06: Clean Water and Sanitation
Water: how to stop undervaluing a precious resource and be ready for the future
World Water Day 2021 highlights how H2O impacts our everyday lives, social and economic stability and climate change – and what we can all do to value it.
Plastics and the Environment
The future of the plastics industry is green
We need a global approach to developing measures against plastic pollution and regulating the petrochemicals industry.
Plastics and the Environment
Want to stop plastic pollution? Start by supporting your local zero-waste business
Governments, businesses, consumers are increasingly realizing recycling is not enough to fix plastic pollution -- more action is needed at upstream level.
Plastics and the Environment
Could this be the future for our disused plastic bags?
MIT engineers have spun polyethylene, used for plastic wrap and grocery bags, into fibers and yarns allowing it to be an effective material for clothing.
Climate Change
The US wants to be carbon neutral by 2050. These 3 policies can make it possible
The US has pledged to achieve carbon neutrality by 2050. The IMF suggests 3 policies that could help the US help meet their green targets.
Plastics and the Environment
Where does plastic pollution go when it enters the ocean?
10 million tonnes of plastic ends up in the ocean each year. Other than the small proportion on the surface, scientists don't know where most of it goes.
Plastics and the Environment
Reducing plastic waste at source is a key part of Indonesia's battle against ocean pollution
Indonesia is tackling plastic pollution through projects that reduce single-use plastics, but better funding models are needed to scale-up innovation.
Plastics and the Environment
This retro milk float is helping Londoners pursue a 'zero-waste' future
The 'Topup Truck' in London is a former milk float that delivers various groceries to customers so they do not have to buy products in plastic packaging.