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Welcome to the future of recycling. A waste-sorting AI robot that can tell a Coke bottle from a Pepsi one? It...
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See moreBoomera works with Brazil’s waste pickers and big brands to find new creative uses for plastic that normally ends up...
See moreIn São Paulo, people are using the Cataki app to swipe right on cleaner streets, protecting the environment, and improving...
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See moreHemp is an ancient textile fibre that we have been weaving into clothes for as many as 10,000 years – but...
See moreEvery year 92 million tonnes of textile waste is discarded globally, and more than 80% of this is sent to...
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See moreRecycling clothes is a complicated business. Making fabrics new again isn’t the only challenge – the threads, zippers and buttons...
See more"Where can I get this ingredient? This one costs a fortune and I only need a pinch of it, this...
See moreThis activewear works harder than most. RubyMoon garments help clean the oceans, reduce waste and limit the number of pieces...
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See moreIt is estimated that 600 tons of plastic are disposed off in Uganda daily. Kampala city alone accounts for the...
See moreReady, set… STOP. This team of planners and pickers are putting an end to plastic pollution in South East Asia....
See moreBeing an eco-conscious parent means reducing, reusing and recycling whenever possible, but there’s still the conundrum of what to do...
See moreCan mushrooms be the platform we build the future on? We’ve used mushrooms as food for thousands of years, but...
See moreThe consumption of non-renewable resources for single use items and the amount of waste generated is profoundly unsustainable. That’s why London-based tech startup NotPla wants...
See moreThe documentary “The light bulb conspiracy” lists light bulbs and iPods as examples of products designed to be used and discarded within a...
See moreWhile mobile phones bring huge benefits – such as accessibility to information, ability to set up mobile payments and help...
See moreDespite being born over a thousand years before the invention of the computer, Saint Isidore of Seville is considered the ‘Patron Saint...
See more“There is no question that plastic pollution is one of the most pressing problems of our time – and it’s...
See moreAs in every design endeavour, it all started with a problem. In fact, two of them. The first encountered problem...
See moreThe Littery is Latvia’s answer to reducing the man-made problem of litter waste with the most global of incentives: money....
See moreThe fashion industry is well known for its negative impact on the environment. Clothes make up a significant portion of...
See moreA lot of things we have are made from plastic. The synthetic material is used everywhere, but it also ends...
See moreA pioneer in Argentina’s anti-straw movement, Juani Gerardi, founder of Bioconexión, was way ahead of state authorities in banishing unfantastic...
See moreDo you rule out peppers because they're too twisted? Unconsciously, most of us discard some fruits and vegetables in the...
See moreImagine a phoenix rising from the ashes. But it's made from 12,072 homemade paper feathers, painted, cut out and trimmed to...
See moreWhile surfers, fishermen and sea-lovers might be aware of the devastating impact of discarded plastic, not everyone knows that marine...
See moreDo you know who made your clothes; who grew the cotton, spun the threads, dyed the fabric and sewed them...
See moreNow your baby can look like an eco-friendly sumo wrestler, but, more importantly, provide an alternative to disposable diapers. 17...
See moreA major plastic polluter is giving its garbage a second life by using it to construct much-needed infrastructure. Philippine company San Miguel...
See more"Why should we study for a future we don’t have?" On 20 August 2018, a 15-year-old girl walked out of...
See moreWelcome to the world’s first ever cemetery made using single use plastic bottles. Having opened its gates on World Wildlife...
See more"We craft furniture that benefits people and planet; gifts that do good." The problem of waste is a global one...
See moreWhat looks like an insect, roams around southern Africa, and farts out balls of fire? A giant dung beetle made...
See moreBackpacks with integrated school desks; modular tiles and twisty joints; pop up recycling trailers; and even a child’s rocker –...
See moreA simple but effective solution to tackling ocean waste, the Seabin Project was created by two surfers, Pete Ceglinski and Andrew...
See moreA revolutionary supermarket is proving that Brighton really does rock, by making it easier to be a good consumer. Rather...
See moreOne person’s toxic e-waste dump is another’s treasure workshop. That's why a Ghana-based architect duo have launched AMP (Agbogbloshie Makerspace...
See moreGlitter gets everywhere, and I mean EVERYWHERE. A weekend at a festival can lead to weeks of picking the sparkly...
See moreUnsecured bins create a death trap for wildlife. Keeping plastic and litter out of the environment and oceans is easier...
See moreOur W.I.S.H : Wisdom through Well-being, Inspiring confidence and a creative mind set for the next generation, Shaping the future in...
See moreModern life feels like it can race out of control and it's hard to create positive change alone – but...
See moreIt’s predicted that by 2050 there will be more plastic than fish in our oceans. Not content to sit back...
See moreIn the late 18th century a small group of remarkable friends met at a house outside Birmingham, UK, got blind drunk...
See moreHusband and wife team Mark and Mo Constantine were part of a group who co-founded what would become Lush Fresh...
See moreThe charismatic Ismaël Essome Ebone is the young entrepreneur behind Madiba & Nature, the Cameroonian nonprofit which uses plastic waste to build...
See moreInspired by the thousands of tents typically left behind after music festivals, two twenty-something Dutch entrepreneurs have decided to give...
See moreBy now we all know that indestructible plastic is bad for the planet. A massive amount ends up in our oceans...
See moreAround 8 million tonnes of plastic enter the ocean every year – killing over a million seabirds, hundreds of thousands...
See moreOver twenty years ago, a little known carpet tile company called Interface embarked on its plush path to sustainability. Its destination...
See moreGrowing up in Brazil, Luciana Oliveira was often exposed to the reality of the hardworking waste picker at an early...
See moreA lifelong boater and self-professed ‘beach bum’ wants to stop virgin plastic from entering the ocean ever again. And help...
See morePlastic bottle pavilions and urban-mined glasses; Polli-Brick and Eco-Morph and the waste that it slashes; upcycled film theatres and recycled...
See moreCondom use is critical to decreasing the spread of HIV and STIs on a global scale, yet there have been...
See moreFrom plant pots to art installations, the humble plastic bottle has been recycled in a wide variety of ways. However,...
See moreBakey's have come up with an edible alternative to the 120 billion pieces of disposable plastic knives, forks and spoons...
See moreWhen a young South African woman and her childhood friends created social startup Rethaka with the aim of making a small impact on the world,...
See moreFew things are as wasteful as a mobile phone. Designed to be discarded, even the latest model can seem outdated...
See moreThe world is on an unsustainable path, but powerful ideas and innovations that could help solve social, economic and environmental...
See moreToday mankind does incredible things. Thirty years of digital revolution have brought previously unimaginable advances in the way we live...
See moreOne of the main challenges of the current century is to transform our consumption-oriented economic system into an eco-friendly and...
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