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Technology United Kingdom

29. October 2023

Extracting Gold from Electronic Waste Is Getting Easier

The Royal Mint, the United Kingdom’s official coin producer, spent the last two years developing a mysterious technique to extract gold from electronic waste, preventing hundreds of kilograms of gold every year from ending up in landfills.

Environment

Environment Ghana

26. July 2023

If You Produce Wasteful Plastic Here, You’ll Have to Take Care of It Yourself

In Ghana, producers of plastic packaging will soon have to take responsibility for the waste they create, thus becoming key actors in the West African country's recycling sector to tackle plastic waste.

Society

Society South Korea

15. July 2023

Leftover Food Doesn’t Have to Go to Waste Anymore

South Korea has found a way to turn discarded food into fuel, animal feed, and fertilizer.

Society

Society Argentina

8. July 2023

Recycling Revamp: This City Steps Up Its Waste Management Game

Once home to one of the 50 largest rubbish dump sites in the world, the city of San Carlos de Bariloche in Argentina has significantly improved its waste management system.

Environment

Environment Malaysia

26. May 2023

Let’s Wave Goodbye to Plastic Bags, in Yet Another Country!

In order to fix the plastic waste crisis it is currently facing, the Southeast Asian country of Malaysia is imposing a ban on the use of plastic bags for retail purposes that should be fully implemented by 2025.

Environment

Takachiho Amaterasu Railway Co.'s sightseeing train

Environment Japan

24. December 2022

From Food Waste to Furniture: Upcycling Wins!

Since necessity is the mother of invention, three companies in Japan have decided to turn food waste into entirely different products such as fuel, cement, and even 3D printed furniture!

Society

Society United Kingdom

19. December 2022

“Best Before” Dates on Fruits and Veggies… Have Expired!

Across the United Kingdom, a chain of supermarkets is eliminating expiration dates on hundreds of products, mainly fruits and vegetables, in a drive to encourage customers to reduce food waste.

Society

Society South Korea

7. December 2022

Zero Food Waste Across the Nation: Achieved!

South Korea has adopted a mandatory composting scheme almost ten years ago, and today, food waste is virtually inexistant thanks to an easy-to-use and accessible pickup system doubled with policies to curb waste at the source.

Environment

Environment Spain

6. November 2022

Wax Worms Could “Lick” Away Plastic Waste!

Accumulation of plastic waste could become a thing of the past thanks to wax worms and their saliva capable of breaking down plastic in mere hours, a potential game-changer in the way we fix this environmental problem.

Society

Society USA

7. September 2022

Truckloads of Free Fresh Food Are Going to Poor Communities (Instead of Landfills!)

For the last ten years, a nonprofit based in California, the United States, has managed to prevent millions of kilos of fresh produce from ending up in landfills, instead distributing them to food insecure communities across its home state and beyond its frontiers.