More than 10 years ago, Dave Hakkens, a then-student at the Eindhoven Design Academy, released a free, replicable design for a plastic recycling machine, Euronews reported. This design was made publicly available, which three people then used to recreate the recycling machine that same year, paving the road for the Precious Plastic project. The Precious…
It can be disheartening to witness how carelessly some people treat the environment. While some of this behavior may stem from ignorance, much of it just reflects a conscious disregard for the ways something might lead to waste, littering, or pollution. In July, surveillance footage in New Orleans caught an individual in a pickup truck…
A recent poll of 1,000 office workers has found that each individual who throws away food waste at lunch in their place of work can generate enough electricity each week to charge a mobile phone 13 times. That is, if the waste is recycled correctly. But just over one in ten workers believe food waste…
Many in Hong Kong think the city has all but given up on tackling the waste problem that is steadily overwhelming landfills. Among the reasons for scepticism is the government’s shelving of a waste-charging scheme last May. So it was good to hear Secretary for Environment and Ecology Tse Chin-wan trying to reassure the public…
Q: Do you know if Mankato has an ordinance on non-recyclable/non-compostable to-go containers? I see Minneapolis has a “Green To Go” ordinance with goals to reduce what is going to landfills and ends up in waterways. A: Minneapolis’ “Environmentally Acceptable Packaging Ordinance,” more commonly known as “Green To Go,” governs food and beverage containers used…