UK to explore tax on single-use plastics Chancellor Philip Hammond says he wants the UK to become a ‘world leader in tackling the scourge of plastic littering our planet and…

The UK water industry launched a national scheme on 25 January to cut plastic bottle use by tens of millions each year, while increasing the availability of free drinking water. Water companies…

Trash Talk: Price of Recyclables Sinks After China Bans U.S. Scrap Some U.S. manufacturers are turning trash into treasure after a Chinese ban on imported waste flooded American scrapyards with…

Samuel Smith on Twitter UN signals ‘end’ of throwaway plastic #signalofchange #oceanplastics #oneless https://t.co/eQxxjZtDaw

Chemical engineers from Columbia University, New York, have established a partnership with the Chinese group Bautou Iron and Steel Co. to repurpose waste for use in a range of industries….

Carol Brighton on Twitter China is decoupling the myth that economic growth & #carbon emissions are linked #SignalofChange https://t.co/QkkBAXrR6o via @Futurism

A new ship called the Tian Kun Hao – also dubbed the ‘magic island maker’ – has become Asia’s largest dredging vessel. The ship produces artificial islands by digging up quantites…

Pret is offering filtered water in an in-store trial. It might not seem like a big thing until you remember that Pret makes money mainly from selling bottled water. What the press…

London’s first zero-waste supermarket has finally opened We’re slowly drowning the planet in a sea of plastic and other superfluous materials. Animals get caught in bottles and netting dumped in…

Installed in Portsmouth Harbour, the seabin aims to collect polution of all sizes and is even able to collect oil from water. The founders behind the idea claim that each…

Just a few days ago, so many viewers tuned in to watch Blue Planet II’s latest episode on China’s Tencent Video online channel that the country’s internet slowed down to…

Protoprint is a social enterprise that provides waste pickers in India with low-cost technology to produce 3D printer filament from the waste plastic they collect. It was founded by environmental engineer…

Once a week may not be a big deal, but starting with our youngest gives hope this is a step towards a society free of disposable plastic in time to come….

Wastewater treatment is identified as a factor expected to fuel the market growth of microbial fuel cells, in a new QY Research Report. These simple little devices come in a variety…

veganbottle on Twitter Un français invente la 1ère bouteille 100% végétale #innovation #france #ecolo #ecologique #environnement #environment #compostable #vegetale #nature #bio https://t.co/3noVMQHtgJ

Instead Of Throwing Out This Plastic Wrapper, You Eat It If you buy a Belgian waffle at a food festival this weekend in Ubud, Bali, you’ll be able to eat…

Carol Brighton on Twitter A treaty to protect the high seas: “UN members are poised to agree to draw up a new rulebook by 2020, which could establish conservation areas,…

Coca-Cola has announced a new packaging vision ‘World Without Waste’, which includes the goal to help collect and recycle the equivalent of 100% of the packaging it sells globally by 2030. The plan is to back…

Coca-Cola: ‘We’re determined to do everything we can to ensure packaging does not end up as litter or in our rivers and oceans’ Last week Coca-Cola announced that it aims…

Israeli sustainable package manufacturer  TIPA has produced a packaging that biologically decomposes on an ordinary compost heap, in a home composter, or at your local council’s food waste collection. It becomes a…

A new do-it-yourself air-conditioning system relying on plastic bottles and wind is being used in Bangladesh and Pakistan to help cool homes. The system, called Eco-Cooler, consists of cutting plastic bottles…