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How plastic turns into rocks and ends up on our beaches
A detour to avoid the film set for Hobbs & Shaw was the only reason I happened across this special beach. In December 2018, on vacation on Kauai in Hawaii I was following a tip from a co-worker to...
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A new Swedish bicycle is made from 300 recycled Nespresso pods
After two years in development, RE:CYCLE, a stylish urban bicycle made from discarded Nespresso pods, is ready to roll. And it only takes 300 espressos to make one. Developed by Swedish start-up...
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There’s never been a better time—or more need—to buy your clothes used
When I first started buying used clothes, it had nothing to do with sustainability. I was learning about fashion through online forums, and browsing the buy-and-sell marketplaces they had for members....
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An ingenious Filipino artist creates mosaics with dead leaves and garlic peels
Look closely at the image below. What looks like a monochromatic oil painting is in fact an intricate collage made by carefully piecing together bits of dried leaves, corn husks, and garlic peels. No...
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India’s online shoppers are all for recycling—if there’s a cashback involved
Indian middle-class families often love hoarding plastic bags and packaging material to make the most of every rupee they spend. Online shopping, though, has brought an abundance of such items, so much...
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California could become the first state to ban single-use plastics
In 2018, on New Year’s Day, the world of trash changed forever. Before that fateful morning, the US was sending 4,000 shipping containers full of its recyclable waste to China every day—almost...
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The problem big manufacturers have with recycling—and how to fix it
For the normal consumer, recycling is pretty easy—when you finish something that comes in a jar, bottle, or any type of recyclable packaging, you rinse out the container and throw it in a bin. Maybe...
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Behold, London’s most thrilling public bench
London has many great spots to sit but one of the more impressive new ones may be a communal bench in the fintech enclave of Broadgate. Featured as the marquee installation of this year’s London Design...
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One simple tweak that would get more people to recycle
Have you ever thought about what happens to the empty Coke cans and food takeout containers you toss in your recycling bins? Our research suggests that if you’re like most Americans, you’ve probably...
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California is banning the tiny bottles of shampoo you get in hotels
It’s one of the smallest perks of staying in even budget hotels: teeny bottles of shampoo, body lotion, and shower gel, standing two or three inches high. You use them, secret them away, and take them...
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The world is stuck with decades of new plastic it can’t recycle
Ants are useful creatures. As the most numerous insects on Earth, they have colonized nearly every habitat on land. So when a researcher wants to…
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Can design help break our addiction to single-use plastic?
What would a world without single-use plastic look like? One only has to look back about 60 years, when the vast majority of the single-use…
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An environmental expert’s strategy for unwrapping our plastic recycling crisis
Judith Enck has been working behind the scenes on plastic for decades. In 2009, US president Barack Obama appointed Enck the administrator of EPA’s Region…
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Jeff Bezos’ rocket-maker aims for its third launch in 2019
Blue Origin, the space company founded by Jeff Bezos, plans to launch its third suborbital rocket mission from its Texas spaceport on Dec. 11. This reusable New Shepard rocket is expected to fly just...
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A documentary that will never let you see plastic the same way again
It’s hard to choose which scene in The Story of Plastic most sent a chill down my spine, so startling is the hour and a half-long documentary. But if forced, I’d say it’s the drone footage from...
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India’s steel sector is getting in the way of its climate action goals
India’s heavy industry, particularly steel manufacturing, is the sore spot of its climate action plans. The booming sector could bring about the demise of the country’s sustainable development plans if...
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The pandemic is reviving our reliance on single-use plastics
As people work to stave off infection during the coronavirus pandemic, single-use plastics have seen a surprising boost worldwide.Polystyrene plastic especially has risen in popularity. According to...
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