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Are glass milk bottles making a comeback in the UK?
What happened to the days where the so-called “milkman” would come by your house and drop off glass bottles of milk? Well, single-use plastics and cheaper packaging came around and eliminated the demand for recyclable glass bottles. Soon enough, disposable milk packaging became the norm. But Read More...
How to make your home more sustainable this winter
Cooler weather and shorter days invoke a nesting response in all of us. While making your home cozy for winter, take some time to make your home more sustainable too! Here are some easy tips for keeping your home green, even as the leaves turn to brown. Preserve foods: gather the last of your Read More...
Toronto’s garbage trucks will run on biofuel made from the city’s food scraps
Garbage trucks in Toronto are becoming cleaner - that is, environmentally speaking - as the city has recently launched an initiative to power the vehicles using biogas produced from the very trash they collect. Starting in March 2020, the city’s fleet of garbage trucks will collect all of the Read More...
Your next in-flight meal may be served in a banana leaf
Climate activist Greta Thunberg made headlines this summer by choosing to sail, rather than fly, from Europe to the U.S. to take a stand against the heavy carbon footprint of airline travel. But what about the items on board? After all, the average airline passenger produces three pounds of waste Read More...
FUTURE OF FOOD: The Follies of Food Waste, or How to have your food and eat it too!
Someone may offer you a freshly caught whole large fish, like a salmon or striped bass. Don't panic - take it! - Julia Child BY AMELIA BUCKLEY One evening when I was eight years old, I sat in a small french cafe with my sister and parents when the waiter delivered my father's plate - an Read More...
FUTURE OF FOOD: A life beyond meat is possible, and more likely than ever
Is it time to put the conventional meat industry to pasture? BY LAUREN GOODMAN When I was 10 years old, I made a bold decision, a decision that may have been before its time. I stopped eating meat and proudly labeled myself as Vegetarian. I was young, not even a teenager yet. My parents and Read More...
Ireland will ditch single-use plastics to tackle its heavy pollution problem
Plastic plates and food containers could become a thing of the past for Irish people, as the country’s government announced recently that it plans to ban single-use plastics in an effort to reduce the amount of waste in its landfills. The nation’s Minister for Communications, Climate Read More...
KitKat’s new wrapper quits single use plastic… and challenges your origami skills
Getting corporations to join the fight against single-use plastics often takes more than a desire to help the environment. It also takes economic and marketing incentives. Food and drink giant Nestlé seems to have found a strategy for reducing plastic use and increase sales: paper packaging that Read More...
A new bill wants to redesign expiration labels to cut down on food waste
Have you ever thrown away food that looked perfectly fine, just because the package said it was expired? As it turns out, a lot of people get confused by date labels on food packaging — and a big reason why is because expiration dates are not uniformly regulated in the U.S. To combat that, Read More...
This smartphone app will help you save money and reduce food waste
Globally, a staggering one-third of all food produced goes to waste. This translates to 1.6 billion tons ending up in landfills annually. In a world where more than 800 million people are malnourished, this mind-boggling amount of lost food highlights the urgency of solving the pressing global Read More...