Five Sustainable Towns the World’s Cities Could Learn From
In a world undergoing rapid urbanisation and witnessing the rise of the megacity, it’s easy to forget about the villages and towns that began this transformation - areas our cities could learn a lot from.
View ArticleCollaborative Consumption and Industrial Symbiosis – Two New Approaches to...
When we think of waste, we think of something that is of no use. However, two new innovations are questioning this, and could potentially transform the way we manage waste in cities today.
View ArticleTrash Talk: Mexico City Faces a Major Landfill Dilemma
We seldom talk about trash. We throw it away, and we forget about it. It goes to a landfill some place far away and it stays there forever. As Mexico City closes its main landfill site with no others...
View ArticleThree Sustainable Cities on the Rise
There are plenty of ways to promote sustainable living in your home and community. Here's a trip around the globe, looking at three sustainable cities on the rise and what they're doing to be friendly...
View ArticleThree Projects that Show why Recovering Energy from Landfill Makes Sense
Over the last 20 years, landfills in the US have been steadily getting bigger. However, some ecologically savvy projects are demonstrating that landfills can be used as an opportunity to create energy.
View ArticleBerlinomics: Power from Trash
In homes and on streets throughout Berlin there are containers for recycling plastic, glass, paper, organic waste, and everything else. And what the city doesn't recycle, it uses to generate...
View ArticleStarbucks Hong Kong Turns Food Waste into Bioplastic
Hong Kong produces over 3,200 tonnes of food waste every day, the majority of which is incinerated or placed in landfills. However, new technology could address this waste issue while providing a...
View ArticleMaking Music from Landfill Waste in Paraguay
Residents in Cateura, Paraguay are making good use of their waste through creating innovative musical instruments, and performing with 'Los Reciclados' chamber orchestra.
View ArticleTurning Waste Plastic into Social Improvements
A new scheme aims to tackle plastic pollution by offering people goods and micro-finance in exchange for waste plastic.
View ArticleTrashed: How Can We Solve Our Waste Problem?
The documentary film TRASHED aims to find out the extent and effects of the problem of waste in different polluted locations across the globe.
View ArticleSeven Differences Between Waste Management in the Global North and Global South
Every location presents its own challenges–there is no one-size-fits-all solution for integrated solid waste management systems–but relevant lessons can be drawn from both failed attempts and...
View ArticleFive Sustainable Towns the World’s Cities Could Learn From
In a world undergoing rapid urbanisation and witnessing the rise of the megacity, it’s easy to forget about the villages and towns that began this transformation - areas our cities could learn a lot from.
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Learning from Cities Across the Globe to Create the Best Trash Can
Urban areas concentrate not only economic and social production, but also waste production. Waste that is often addressed at the end of a long chain of actors- manufacturers, retailers, consumers,...
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