Jeremy Berke Mar. 3, 2018, 4:58 PM India’s Ganges River is a paradox: The mighty river’s tributaries are cool, Himalayan-glacier fed springs. But where the river meets Indian subcontinent’s highly populated cities, and pours out into the Bay of Bengal, the water goes from crystal clear to trash-and sewage-infested sludge. Prime Minister Narendra Modi committed […]
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Month: June 2019
Eating from the garbage dump in the Philippines
In the Philippines, food waste is on the rise. At the same time, many are forced to sift through the garbage dump to find something to eat. Some are trying to tackle the growing problem. Project goal: The Sustainable Diner wants to reduce food waste in the gastronomy sector, raising awareness of sustainable consumption among businesses […]
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E-Waste and the Importance of Electronics Recycling
By Rick LeBlanc Updated June 25, 2019 With new cheap devices, society has reaped tremendous benefits. This explosive growth in the electronics industry, however, has led to a rapidly escalating issue of end-of-life (EOL) electronics or e-waste. In landfills or primitive recycling operations, toxic materials can be released from old electronic devices into the environment. […]
The Story Of Electronic Waste
Electronic waste or e-waste describes discarded electrical or electronic devices. Used electronics which are destined for reuse, resale, salvage, recycling, or disposal are also considered e-waste.
The Story Of Stuff
From its extraction through sale, use and disposal, all the stuff in our lives affects communities at home and abroad, yet most of this is hidden from view. The Story of Stuff is a 20-minute, fast-paced, fact-filled look at the underside of our production and consumption patterns. The Story of Stuff exposes the connections between […]
How plastic pollution ends up in the oceans
by Rodexo June 25, 2019 Plastic can take centuries to break down, and instead of quietly disappearing beneath the waves, it has a way of coming back to haunt us. Almost 1 million shoes and over 370,000 toothbrushes were among more than 400 million pieces of plastic recently found washed up on a remote group of […]
Plastic offset is here. Here’s how to do it right
A new paradigm is entering the environmental zeitgeist, and that paradigm is plastic offset. So what is it really, and how could it stem the global tide of plastic pollution? By Peter Wang Hjemdahl, Co-Founder at rePurpose Put simply, for every dollar contributed by a polluter, a certain amount of plastic waste would be intercepted from the […]
Mumbai Girl Helps Society Recycle 80% Waste, Upcycles Cardboard into Stationery!
The inspiring teenager also organises annual fundraisers in her society for the education of slum kids from Dharavi. Apart from raising Rs 4 lakhs each year, she also teaches them herself! by Tanvi PatelJune 25, 2019, 11:00 am About five years ago, Aarushi Majumder, who was a 13-year-old at the time, decided to start teaching underprivileged […]
Where does your plastic go? Global investigation reveals America’s dirty secret
A Guardian report from 11 countries tracks how US waste makes its way across the world – and overwhelms the poorest nations by Erin McCormick, Bennett Murray, Carmela Fonbuena, Leonie Kijewski, Gökçe Saraçoğlu, Jamie Fullerton, Alastair Gee and Charlotte SimmondsMain Mon 17 Jun 2019 06.00 BSTLast modified on Thu 20 Jun 2019 10.07 BST What happens to your plastic after you drop it in a recycling bin? According […]