Recycling

Although researchers used salmon sperm to create the plastic, it can be made from any DNA.

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

From left to right, Maria Chenoweth, David James MBE and Wayne Hemmingway MBE

Why are energy providers telling customers to ‘put a jumper on’?

People sitting outside a cafe in Bratislava, Slovakia

'Plastics are not that bad': Why isn't Slovakia cutting back on waste?

Wind turbines have only been partly recyclable, up until now

This recyclable wind turbine will be a TV in 30 years

This aerial view shows the SNCF Rouen Quatre-Mares Industrial Technicenter, also known as "locomotives cemetery", in Sotteville-les-Rouen, France.

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

A walkway in a lush green office environment.

How to make your employer take climate change seriously

Apple unveiled its new iPhone 13 last week.

Why you should think twice before buying the new iPhone 13

These solar panels are partially made from waste

This solar-powered pavement harvests energy from under your feet

14/09/2021

Used tyres that were removed from a large landfil in the north of Kuwait and the design of the Abdullah Smart City in Kuwait by Korea Land and Housing Corp.(LH)

Kuwait is transforming its ‘tyre graveyard’ into a new smart city

09/09/2021

There are so many options of small changes to make to move towards self-sufficiency

How to be more self-sufficient in the age of the climate crisis

30/08/2021

Henry Glogau showing his design to locals in Chile

This solar-powered skylight can turn seawater into drinking water

19/08/2021

International Olympic Committee's President Thomas Bach waves during the closing ceremony in the Olympic Stadium at the 2020 Summer Olympics.

7 ways this Olympic Games has been the most sustainable ever

15/08/2021

11-years-old Bryndis Jonsdottir, Erla Fridriksdottir’s niece, cuddles an eider duckling on the Bjarneyjar island in Breidafjordur Bay, Iceland.

Are eiderdown feathers the best form of feather recycling?

01/08/2021

Amazon warehouse workers collect goods for thousands of purchase orders containing unrecyclable plastic

Amazon customers want to be more green, survey shows

30/07/2021

Salon owner and hairdresser Adam Reed cuts a client's hair at his salon in Spitalfields, East London on July 1, 2021.

These hairdressers have found some surprising uses for recycled hair

28/07/2021

Caleb shares his ideas about tiny living on his website

This old school bus has been converted into a tiny home

26/07/2021

The Olympics could be a showcase for sustainable solutions.

Could the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games help usher in a circular economy?

22/07/2021

The bed made-up, with the innovative cardboard frame (pictured inset).

Tokyo 2020 Olympic beds: Suitable for both sex and saving the planet

20/07/2021

Chris J Ratcliffe / Greenpeace

Greenpeace dumps 625kg of plastic waste on Boris Johnson’s doorstep

13/07/2021

Arnold Schwarzenegger and Lisa Jackson from Apple at the Austrian World Summit this week.

How Apple is embracing the circular economy to become carbon neutral

02/07/2021

Lisbon is going green for good

‘Cars are an addiction’: How Lisbon is turning green for good

21/06/2021

Has the pandemic created a "digital divide" for consumers of electronics?

The winners and losers of a pandemic-induced decline in e-waste

20/06/2021

Old wind turbines are being turned into bridges in Ireland

Old wind turbines are being reborn as bridges in Ireland

18/06/2021

Scientists have uncovered a delicious new use for post-consumer plastic

The future of plastic recycling could be in this classic ice cream

15/06/2021

Library for orphaned children in Yangon, Myanmar. Picture taken on January 29, 2021

Myanmar volunteers built a library for orphans from plastic waste

30/05/2021

New York joins California in enforcing statewide bans against plastic hotel toiletries

Mini hotel toiletries will be illegal in New York from 2024

27/05/2021

Smartphones use millions of transistors in each device can't currently be recycled

Printable smartphones are the latest breakthrough in green tech

06/05/2021

Swiss NGO SapoCycle collects soaps from luxury hotels.

The NGO saving lives by recycling soap from luxury hotels

30/03/2021

More than three quarters of UK adults actively recycle their plastic waste.

Why do adults still not understand how recycling works?

24/03/2021

Sustainability myths

These are the five biggest myths around sustainable living

20/03/2021