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Repurposed plastic waste creates reusable building bricks
Communities around the world are building affordable public and private structures that also help to reduce pollution. They are doing this by using Ecobricks. Advocates of the brick see their use as a social movement and lifestyle choice. Empty plastic bottles filled with other waste plastics Read More...
Report: Using our resources more carefully would drastically reduce emissions
Resource inefficiency is a major source of emissions, and one that has been largely overlooked in the response to climate change. Climate policies have focused mostly on the emissions from products being used—for example, measures to reduce pollution from vehicles or heating buildings. However, a Read More...
Nestle has become the latest company to vow to reduce plastic waste
More and more major companies are committing to making all of their plastic packaging reusable, recyclable or compostable within the next decade. After Unilever and Starbucks, Nestlé has announced it will make all its plastic packaging reusable by 2025. The world’s biggest packaged food company Read More...
This small piece of material can double the lifespan of bananas
Yesterday we wrote about an agriculture company that has developed a plant-based coating that keeps fruits and vegetables fresh 3-4 times longer. In similar fashion, today we’re talking about a company that has created a simple filter system designed to prolong the ‘green life’ of bananas. Read More...
Norway is slashing food waste through selling out-of-date produce
It is well-known that “best by dates” on produce and food packages are mere guidelines. The dates don’t mean that the food will be bad for consumption by the given date. Nonetheless, supermarkets and consumers throw away a lot of food based on these dates. Norway is now aggressively fighting Read More...
New technology reduces food waste through dynamic pricing system
Each year 33 billion pounds of food is wasted in the U.S. alone. The problem is gaining more and more attention and that drives innovative solutions. Technology can help here as well. Wasteless is a real-time tracking solution for grocery stores, which allows the stores to offer variable pricing to Read More...
Research: Biochar reduces air pollution, saves health costs
Producing “biochar” is a 2,000 year-old practice that converts agricultural waste into a soil enhancer that can hold carbon, boost food security, and increase soil biodiversity, and discourage deforestation. The process creates a fine-grained, highly porous charcoal that helps soils retain Read More...
Handiwork of the heart
From The Intelligent Optimist Magazine Summer 2016 On a mission to save orangutans, Willie Smits rebuilt a devastated rainforest where no rain fell, no birds sang, and the people spent a quarter of their resources just to get enough water to survive. By Rosamund Stone Zander Rosamund Zander, Read More...
One woman has single-handedly helped Denmark reduce food waste by 25 percent
A Russian-woman named Selina Juul who moved to Denmark when she was 13 years old has been credited by the Danish government for single-handedly helping the country reduce its food waste by 25 percent in just five years. Shocked by the amount of food waste at supermarkets, she created the Read More...
This app helps retailers sell food near expiration date to fight food waste
In Finland, a new app called Froodly is helping companies sell a much wider range of their produce while also preventing food waste. Retailers photograph food that is near the expiration date and post it online along with a discount typically ranging from 30 to 70 percent off the regular price. Read More...