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New Study Finds Food Waste Will Increase to 66 Tons per Second If Left Unchecked

A new analysis from Boston Consulting Group (BCG) has found that global food waste will increase by more than 30% by 2030 if no action is taken. The figures themselves are even...

‘Public Deluded About Amount They Need to Own and How Much They Waste’

The majority of people are deluded about the amount of possessions they need and the amount of waste they produce.That’s according to relocation firm Movinga, which surveyed 18,000 households across 20 countries...

Thailand to Ban Imports of Plastics and E-Waste

Thailand has joined Vietnam and Malaysia in cracking down on the world's trash. Thailand will stop accepting more than 400 types of electronic waste (e-waste), including circuit boards, old TVs and radios,...

Nuclear Waste Could Be Stored under National Parks, say MPs

They believe the safe disposal of nuclear waste is more important than environmental concerns. Radioactive nuclear waste could be stored in vaults and tunnels located deep underground in national parks and areas of...

This Floating Park in Rotterdam is Made from Recycled Plastic Waste

More than 1,000 square feet of plastic ultimately destined to pollute the ocean is getting a second lease on life in Rotterdam. On July 4, 2018, Recycled Island Foundation opened its prototype...

Deluge of Electronic Waste Turning Thailand into ‘World’s Rubbish Dump’

At a deserted factory outside Bangkok, skyscrapers made from vast blocks of crushed printers, Xbox components and TVs tower over black rivers of smashed-up computer screens. This is a tiny fraction of the...

A Massive Five-Ton Plastic Waste Whale Rises Up from the Bruges Canals (VIDEO)

Near the statue of Jan Van Eyck, Skyscraper (the Bruges Whale) rises up from the Bruges canals. The gigantic sculpture is more than just a representation of a whale; the animal is...

Food and Drink Giants Unite in Promise to Wage War on Plastic Waste

The government may have promised to wipe out avoidable plastic waste in the UK by 2042, but today large swathes of the UK's food and drink sector went a leap further, in...

U.S. Asks China to ‘Immediately Halt’ Ban on Foreign Waste

Last year, China—the world's largest importer of waste—announced it no longer wanted to take in other countries' trash so it could focus on its own pollution problems. This unexpected policy shift, which took...

Those Little Produce Stickers? They’re a Big Waste Problem

Those little produce stickers are ubiquitous fruits and vegetables everywhere. But, as CBC notes, they're actually a significant problem despite their small size. Produce stickers carry price look-up (PLU) codes. PLU codes are...

Eating Toast Bread Straight from the Freezer to Avoid Waste

Around 24m slices of bread are thrown away every day in the UK – more than a million an hour – because people do not get around to using it in time...

Algorithm Sends Food That Would Be Wasted to the Hungry

According to the USDA’s Economic Research Service, up to 40 percent of the food produced in the United States is wasted. Sugam Sharma, a computer science expert and systems analyst in Iowa...

Government Accused of ‘Dragging its Feet’ on Plastic Waste

A committee of MPs today accused the government of "dragging its feet" on tackling the UK's mountain of plastic waste, again urging ministers to introduce a deposit return scheme for bottles and...

CCC Calls for Deep Waste and Energy CO2 Cuts in Wales’ Carbon Budgets

The UK's Committee on Climate Change has today given its recommendations for CO2 cuts in Wales over the next decade, setting out how the region can play a leading role in tackling...

Food Waste: East of England Co-Op Becomes First UK Supermarket to Sell Food After ‘Best Before’ Date

A group of Co-Op stores will become the first UK supermarket to sell food past its 'Best Before' dates in a drive to cut food waste. Shoppers at East of England Co-Op stores...

IKEA UK Rings Up Success on Food Waste, Green Energy and Circular Sofas

IKEA is pressing ahead with plans to become a 'circular retailer' that minimises its waste and encourages customers to reuse and repair its products, according to the company's latest Annual Summary for...

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