Coffee cup waste is a severe problem. 320,000 “to go” coffees are delivered in Germany every hour. The university of Freiburg has come up with ...
Frankfurt a.M. is about to become a smart city
The German city of Frankfurt has been working to reduce its carbon emissions for some years. In 2013 Frankfurt started its low-carbon vision with its &# ...
Business models for social and environmental sustainability
Green Collect, a social enterprise based in Melborne, is one among many businesses that found new ways of operating sustainable. The goal of these ...
What happens to a smartphone when a new one is bought?
As Black Friday comes closer, many people in the US are thinking about buying new items. Among the most favourite ones are electronic gadgets as a recent ...
Will a bio-toilet alleviate India’s environmental crisis?
Not only Indian Railways, but also the government are installing a new type of bio-toilet in slums that run without water. As many urban dwellers in India ...
More sustainability: beyond Taiwan’s green technologies
When it comes to sustainability, Taiwan is mainly famous for its green technologies, especially solar panel production. On a domestic level however, Taiwan ...
Easy recycling plastic machines available for anyone
Dave Hakkens created a series of machines that enable people to do plastic recycling on their own. The project offers free and open source blueprints, ...
European movement demands halving food waste by 2030
A movement is beginning to mobilize around Europe to call for halving Europe’s food waste by 2030. The “This is Rubbish” initiative in ...
Practice of waste burning for energy: an option for the US?
While burning waste for the production of energy is a common practice in Sweden, it is highly debated in the US. As environmental scientists point out, the ...
Nairobi: Recycling plastic waste to save trees and streets
Thirteen years ago a young man from Kariobangi, a suburb of Nairobi, decided to find a way of recycling the huge amounts of waste in the city’s ...
