San Jose has started a 18-month pilot program during which it plans to get downtown landlords to clean up their vacant storefronts. To achieve that, a ...
Multiple ways to combat plastic waste
In Sydney’s Darling Harbour, experts at Australia’s inaugural conference on reducing plastic pollution in Asia Pacific (Beyond Plastic Pollution ...
Fighting waste with misshapen fruit & vegetables
Social enterprise Oddbox is delivering misshapen fruit and vegetables to farms and wholesalers to private households around south London that supermarkets ...
Sewage treatment system generates electricity & clean water
A new off-grid device named the NEWgenerator can generate power while cleaning wastewater, tackling the need for water and sanitation at the same time. ...
Businesses & NGOs unite for ban on biodegradable plastics
Over 150 organisations from around the world are issuing a call for governments to put a ban on oxo-degradable plastic packaging. In a statement by the ...
First boat made from 100 percent plastic sets sail
UK’s environment minister Thérèse Coffey was on board for the maiden voyage of the Poly-Mer, a boat made from 99 per cent recycled plastic waste. ...
4NEW secures $25 million after launch
4NEW, a blockchain waste-to-energy start-up, has secured a $25 million investment from a major US private equity company only eight days after the launch ...
Victoria wants to do plastic ban right
The government of Victoria is planning to ban single-use lightweight plastic shopping bags, but is thinking hard about how to do it right. The city has ...
Blockchain technology might be able to curb food waste
Research from the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization shows that about one third of food produced in the world for human consumption every ...
Winnow raises $7.4 million to get rid of food waste
Food waste technology firm Winnow has announced that it secured $7.4 million in a fundraising round, and is using that money to roll out the Winnow Waste ...
