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Circular economy

  • Broken iPhone 6 Plus with a smashed screen

    Welcome to the future, where your phone can fix its own smashed screen

    From self-healing phone screens to concrete that repairs itself, businesses are investing in futuristic materials. But can it curb our throwaway habits?
  • Pile of plastic bottles

    Is it fair to blame Coca-Cola and big corporations for our waste crisis?

    Some global corporations are trying to address the environmental impact of throwaway culture, but campaigners say they remain part of the problem
  • Toilet paper piled up in pyramid

    The ick factor: Dutch project making bike lanes and bottles from used loo roll

    A pilot scheme in the Netherlands is sifting sewage for cellulose, which it says can be recycled into valuable products
  • Plastic pollution

    Circular economy isn't a magical fix for our environmental woes

    Micha Narberhaus and Joséphine von Mitschke-Collande
    Solving our ecological crises means diluting the power of global corporations – not propping them up
  • Firefighters tackling a blaze at a Birmingham plastics recycling plant in 2013

    The troubling fire record of UK recycling plants

    There are more than 300 fires a year at UK waste and recycling plants. New guidance hopes to reduce this statistic
  • Tom Hunt

    Fruit and veg come in their own natural wrapping. Why do we smother them in plastic?

    Tom Hunt
    It’s time to switch from cling-wrapped plastic trays to loose, seasonal fruit and veg, and reclaim the vital relationship with what we eat
  • Biogas plant

    Dutch companies set up giant bread bins to help cities tackle rat scourge

    Businesses in Amsterdam, The Hague and Rotterdam are getting involved in efforts to collect waste bread and turn it into biogas and fertiliser
  • Plastic pollution

    ‘There is so much out there’: Kenya’s plastic bag battle – in pictures

    Plastic bags are an infamous problem in Nairobi. They clog its waterways and litter its streets. The Kenyan government is attempting to ban their use from August – with implications for businesses from supermarkets to recyclers.
  • The Nepenthes bottle

    Waste-free living: from gadgets that list themselves on eBay to lidless bottles

    Our throwaway habits are wreaking havoc on the planet. Here are six ideas from designers working to reduce waste in our everyday lives
  • French artist Christain Boltanski’s “No Man’s Land”, was made of 30 tons of discarded clothing

    Zara and H&M back in-store recycling to tackle throwaway culture

    Schemes aim to tackle fashion’s huge waste problem but critics say they are a token gesture and could encourage ‘guilt free’ consumption
  • Michele Hanson

    Enough with the beeswax food wrap and £18 nappies - eco living shouldn't be a luxury

    Michele Hanson
    Pricey alternatives to plastic wrap and other disposable products are sending out the message that you need to be wealthy to live sustainably
  • Women drinking

    Disturbing turtle video drives UK pub chain to clamp down on plastic straws

    A growing number of restaurants and pubs are listening to environmental campaigners and taking a stand against plastic straws
  • Person washing hair

    Could you live with just three toiletries?

    Startup Akamai is on a mission to get people to wash less – but changing modern hygiene habits will not be easy
  • In-flight meal

    The ridiculous story of airline food and why so much ends up in landfill

    Airlines generated 5.2m tonnes of waste in 2016, most of which went to landfill or incineration – and it cost them £400m
  • Toy robots

    Warnings over children's health as recycled e-waste comes back as plastic toys

    A trend towards using plastic parts in electrical and electronic goods is causing a headache for the recycling industry
  • Wasted food

    We shouldn't need food companies to tell us when to bin our bagged kale

    Jonathan Bloom
    Industry action on ‘Best before’ labels in the US is welcome, but food waste will only fall when consumers use their senses
  • Discarded mobile phones

    Samsung and Greenpeace: what you need to know about e-waste

    Greenpeace claims Samsung has 4.3m smartphones to dispose of after its Galaxy Note 7 recall. What’s the responsible way to recycle them?
  • Coca-Cola cans

    Coca-Cola U-turn could help UK catch up on can and bottle recycling

    European countries using deposit return schemes, such as Estonia, have recycling rates far better than the UK
  • Protesters

    Campaigners reject plastics-to-fuel projects: but are they right?

    Campaigns in the UK and Australia point to grassroots backlash against plastics-to-fuel sector that could be worth £1.5bn by 2024
  • Screen displaying No Food Wasted app

    Tackling food waste around the world: our top 10 apps

    From helping farmers avoid roadblocks in Ghana to advertising discounted dinners in Singapore, these apps are doing their bit for the war on waste
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