Abbey Dufoe, a 28-year-old web producer in New Jersey, cares about the environment. On the weekends, she and her partner go on beach hikes and pick up...

In the war on plastic is Coca-Cola friend or foe?

October 27, 2019

There was a time for people of certain generations (including mine) when Coca-Cola was associated with teaching the world to sing. The famous 1970s song by the...

Controversy over waste-to-energy incineration continues

October 25, 2019

Facing streets choked with trash, the Indian city Bengaluru is considering constructing five plants that will burn garbage to produce energy. And as garbage from around the world piles...

Plastic bottles or aluminium cans, which will win global water fight?

October 20, 2019

Aluminium cans might indeed mean less ocean waste, but they come with their own eco-price: the production of each can pumps about twice as much carbon into...

Liquid metals the secret ingredients to clean up environment

October 15, 2019

Forget the laboratory, substances that can solve environmental problems by capturing carbon dioxide, decontaminating water and cleaning up pollutants can be easily created in a kitchen, a...

The Story of Plastic: New Film Exposes the Source of Our Plastic Crisis

October 14, 2019

Prigi Arisandi, who founded the environmental group Ecological Observation and Wetlands Conservation, picks through a heap of worn plastic packaging in Mojokerto, Indonesia. Reading the labels, he...

Only half of British adults believe recycling will help the environment

October 10, 2019

A study of 4,000 adults found only half believe recycling will help the environment, with just 49 per cent believing that removing single use plastics will make...

Ocean Cleaning Device Succeeds in Removing Plastic for the First Time

October 5, 2019

An enormous floating device designed by Dutch scientists for the non-profit Ocean Cleanup successfully captured and removed plastic from the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, the company announced Wednesday, as CNN reported....

China’s solid waste imports fall due to foreign garbage ban

September 9, 2019

China's solid waste imports continued to decline in the first eight months of 2019 with the implementation of the ban on foreign garbage. The country's solid waste...

Saudi Plans New Recycling Facility to Build Up Industry

September 1, 2019

Saudi Arabia plans to build the first recycling facility for construction debris in the capital, Riyadh, as it tries to overhaul a landfill-dominated waste-management industry. The effort...