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Toronto Garbage Trucks Will Soon Be Powered by Biogas From the Very Food Scraps That They Collect
Toronto is one of the first North American cities to harness the biogas from their food waste and turn it into something useful.
LEGO is Now Offering to Pay For You to Ship Your Unused Bricks to Children in Need
LEGO is now encouraging all of their old consumers to pass on their beloved bricks to a child in need—and they're paying for the shipping costs.
EU Approves Groundbreaking New ‘Right to Repair’ Laws Requiring Appliances to Be Easier to Fix
The new laws will require common household products to be manufactured with sustainability and repair in mind for the consumer.
Girl Left Heartbroken By Toy’s Disappearance is Stunned When It Reappears in the Woods 14 Years Later
It has been 14 years since a little girl was left heartbroken by the disappearance of her stuffed cat—and it has suddenly reappeared.
Plastic Bag Sales Have Fallen by 90% in England Since They Introduced 5-Pence Charge in 2015
Sales of plastic bags at the seven biggest retail chains in England have fallen by 90% since the nation's 5-pence charge was introduced in...
In ‘Massive Boost’ to Climate Goals, Banks Responsible for $47 Trillion in Assets Are Committing to Saving the Earth
More than one-third of the world's banks are committing to the sustainability goals that were set by the Paris Agreement.
These Comfy T-Shirts Made From Wood and Algae Can Be Composted Once You’re Done With It
For the first time ever, a clothing company has come up with a sustainable way of making tee-shirts out of wood pulp and algae...
Fed Up by Complex Waste Rules, Couple Built Their Own Free ‘Recycling Center’ in Their Driveway
Since the couple built their little DIY recycling station last month, they have saved almost 2,000 pounds of waste from ending up in a landfill.
No More ‘Sniff Tests’: Cheap Biodegradable Sensors Can Tell Smartphones When Food Has Gone Bad
Costing just 2 cents a pop, these inexpensive sensors could save tons of perfectly good food from being thrown into the garbage.
How Do Nutritional Plant-Based Diets Compare With Meat Diets For Our Environment? Scientists Answer.
The scientists compared the diets based on the exact amount of protein that consumers usually get from meat-inclusive diets.
This Revolutionary Blast Furnace Vaporizes Trash and Turns It into Clean Energy (Without Any Emissions)
A renewable energy startup is using a new technology that can vaporize non-recyclable trash into energy—all without generating any emissions.
One of the Largest Hotel Companies in the World is Ditching Mini Bathroom Bottles to Eliminate Plastic
More than 5,600 hotels around the world will be replacing mini bathroom amentiy bottles with bulk-sized dispensers to curb plastic waste.
More and More People Are Swapping Out Plastic Straws for Coconut Leaves Thanks to Café’s Facebook Post
One Filipino café is inspiring social media users to curb plastic waste by making straws out of rolled up coconut leaves.
Airline to Stop Using 55 Million Plastic Items On Flights
Air New Zealand announced it was cutting 55 million plastic items from flights, starting this month—which will cut 3.5 million tons of CO2 from the skies.
Nestlé Launches New ‘World-First’ Biodegradable Paper Wrappers for Mass Production
Furthermore, the company will abstain from patenting the technology as a means of encouraging other companies to adopt the packaging as well.
Another Victory Against Plastic: These Water Brands Will Soon Be Packaged in Aluminum Cans
As a means of contributing to a more circular economy, PepsiCo will soon begin packaging their water brands in aluminum cans.
Two More US States Have Approved Bans On Single-Use Plastic Bags
The two new pieces of legislation mean that there are now five US states that have approved bans on single-use plastic bags.
Adidas Ensuring That All Their Shoes Can Be 100% Recycled into New Ones Without Any Waste
Not only are Adidas shoes being made out of recycled ocean plastic, but they are also now being modeled into shoes that are 100% recyclable.
Construction Begins On First Ever Commercial Plastics-to-Fuel Factory in the US
The new factory is being hailed as the first ever commercial-scale factory for turning plastics into fuel in the United States.
Determined Teen Siblings Who’ve Turned 15,000 Pounds of Food Waste into Compost Awarded Thousands to Continue
This dynamic young duo has saved thousands of pounds of food waste from ending up in landfills – and soon they'll be saving even more.