Plastic Tide, a project by Peter Koehler and Ellie Mackay, aims at drawing an accurate picture of how much plastic ends up on our beaches. Using any store- ...
Germany to assist Ghana in e-waste issue
The German government pledged to invest 20 million euros to build a recycling facility for electronic waste in Accra, Ghana. Local group City Waste ...
Mapping with data to keep streets clean
CleanStat, an initiative by the Clean Streets LA (CSLA) program is keeping Los Angeles streets clean by monitoring the cleanliness of all the blocks ...
An approach to establish recylcing of flexible packaging
At the annual Flexible Packaging Association meeting, Jeff Wooster of The Dow Chemical Co. spoke about making the recycling of flexible packaging common ...
To hungry mouths instead of the landfill
In cooperation with the Indiana Motor Truck Association, several food banks such as Gleaners Food Bank, Midwest Food Bank, Second Helpings and St. Vincent ...
Sainsbury’s scales back waste reduction plan
UK supermarket chain Sainsbury’s is backpedaling on their ambitious goal of reducing household food waste by half until 2021. After their trial run ...
TCS, Gfi Informatique unveiled smart city solution in France
India’s largest software services firm Tata Consultancy Services(TCS) and Gfi Informatique unveiled a smart solution for optimising Belfort’s ( ...
Organic plastic bags for a cleaner Bengaluru
Businessman Ashwath Hegde has developed plastic bags and other plastic-based products made from tabioca and plant-based starch. His goal is to fight the ...
How can Samsung recycle its recalled Galaxy Note 7?
In order to draw attention to the illegal disposal of cellphones, Greenpeace interrupted a press conference of Samsung to put pressure on the company to ...
Tanzanian company turns plastic into lumber
The one year old company “EcoAct Tanzania” turns waste into lumber in order to meet the growing demand for housing in Tanzania’s growing ...
