Category "Politics"

A Swiss company aims to establish the most sustainable substitute for petroleum-based plastics in the market.

Ein zunehmendes Umweltbewusstsein seitens der Verbraucher führt zu der Erkenntnis, dass die Verpackungsindustrie langfristig nicht als lineares Modell weitergeführt werden kann.

From desk organizers to bird feeders - there are literally hundreds of useful gadgets you can craft from empty plastic bottles.

Afroz Shah is a young Indian lawyer from Mumbai whose name is synonymous with the world’s largest beach clean-up project. In 2016, the UN awarded him for their Champions of the Earth Award.

By combining vegetable oil and rust powder Irish teenager Fionn Ferreira developed a ferrofluid – a liquid that acts as a carrier for tiny particles of a magnetic substance.

Indonesia has become a dumping ground for vast quantities of the world’s unwanted plastic since China banned imports of foreign plastic waste in 2017.

Without business and policy model changes, resource use will more than double from current levels to 190 billion tonnes by 2060 and far exceed our planetary boundaries.

Australians, for example, landfill 2,500 tonnes of waste per hour, every hour, of every day, 365 days a year.

The sustainability revolution has taken off, but there's more work to do. Former US vice-president Al Gore and veteran investor David Blood explain why they're championing thoughtful firms.

Schon heute klaffen zwischen den für 2020 vorgesehenen und erreichten Quoten Lücken, die sich bis 2035 stellenweise noch deutlich erweitern. Die EU hat jetzt eine Studie zu den aktuellen Zahlen und den zusätzlichen Kosten erstellen lassen.