Mayor Bill de Blasio of New York has released a comprehensive and ambitious climate action plan for New York. It describes how the city is going to ...
The Dutch are paving streets with toilet paper, to great success
In the Netherlands, recycled toilet paper beginning to be used to pave streets in a more environmentally friendly manner. A 1-kilometer stretch of ...
Wetherspoons gets rid of plastic straws
To fight plastic pollution, pub chain JD Wetherspoons has announced a coming ban to plastic straws across 900 pubs located in the UK and Ireland by the ...
Homes made from plastic bottles for earthquake survivors
The Viviendas Emergentes (Emergency Housing) campaign (VIEM) is building houses from plastic bottles for people suffering from the consequences of the ...
India’s NTPC to build 100 waste-to-energy facilities
NTPC Limited, India’s largest power generation company, is looking for domestic and international developers to build 100 waste-to-energy (WTE) ...
FAO and Unilever link up to fight food loss and waste
The UN food agency FAO is joing forces with Unilever to help developing countries tackle food loss, waste and climate change, in the context of the ...
‘Flyleather’: Nike’s new low carbon footwear
Sportgiant Nike announced the production of low carbon leather material, which has an 80 per cent lower carbon footprint than conventional leather. The ...
Hubbub draws attention to disproportionate water use
Environmental charity Hubbub has started the #TapChat campaign, a project with the goal of reducing water use in the UK. People are quizzed on a website ...
Vancouver on its way to become world’s greenest city
At the International Green Building Conference in Singapore last week, Andrea Reimer of the Vancouver City Council said that what Vancouver needs to become ...
Europe recycling about half their drinks cartons, trend rising
The Alliance for Beverage Cartons and the Environment (ACE) trade body has published data that shows that about 430,000 tonnes of cardboard drinks cartons ...
