Starbucks' latte levy is being used to boost cup recycling rates
£1 million in grants will be divided among groups wanting to improve recycling facilities. But why should people have to compete for help in dealing with Starbucks' own trash?
View ArticleHow the plastics industry is hijacking the circular economy
What they are calling circular is a sham, just fantasy recycling so that they can maintain the status quo.
View ArticleWould a 25 cent charge for a disposable coffee cup make a difference?
That's what they are doing in Berkeley, and it will spread.
View ArticleScotland introduces 20p deposit on all cans and bottles
Every country everywhere should be doing this.
View ArticleSix Times More Plastic Waste is Burned in U.S. than is Recycled
An engineer explains why recycling is busted in America.
View ArticleCanada agrees to take its trash back from the Philippines
A six-year dispute over mislabeled shipping containers has been settled, but the world can learn an important lesson from this.
View ArticleThe Ontario Beer Store is a model for the circular economy
It's being killed the name of "convenience."
View ArticleMalaysia vows to send plastic waste back to countries of origin
Environment minister called waste importers 'traitors' who don't care about the country's long-term sustainability.
View ArticleColgate has a new recyclable toothpaste tube
Hopefully this will reduce the 20 billion tubes that go to landfill every year.
View Article4 reasons to repair instead of recycling or replacing
It's to time to jump off the consumption train and embrace the art of repair.
View ArticleLet's ban ticker tape parades!
No, not really, they are a celebration of excellence and not that bad. And they are not even ticker tape.
View ArticleRecycling is broken, so we have to fix our disposable culture
Leyla Acaroglu calls recycling a "placebo" and calls for a reusable revolution to get us out of this mess.
View ArticleOur lives have been co-opted by the Convenience Industrial Complex
Nobody ever lost money making things easier or more convenient, and our planet is paying the price.
View Article6 reasons you should buy "slow furniture"
Fast furniture is like fast food or fast fashion; here's why you should go slow and how you do it.
View ArticleWhy do cars have so many cupholders?
The Convenience Industrial Complex makes it so easy to just keep sipping while you drive.
View ArticleOlympic medals to be made from recycled electronics
Tokyo 2020's organizing committee will transform old smartphones, laptops, and digital cameras into a true treasure.
View ArticleThe circular economy comes to your living room
How to choose things for your home that have had, or can have, second lives.
View ArticleRecycling is broken: California's rePlanet shuts all its recycling centers
We have long called for deposits on everything. California shows that even that is not enough.
View ArticleIs water in cans greener than water in bottles? No.
Bottled water companies are doing this because of public concerns about single use plastic.
View ArticleSolutions for single-use plastic pollution must consider all stakeholders
Teamwork pushes bold initiatives through.
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