Recycling

Wattenmeerzentrum in Ribe (DK). Architektur: Dorte Mandrup, Kopenhagen | Vadehavscentret in Ribe (DK). Architecture: Dorte Mandrup, Copenhagen. Image © Jakob Schoof Increasing urbanization, excessive waste production, excessive consumption of material goods,…

Image copyrightGetty ImagesImage caption There is continuing debate about animal welfare in zoos Sydney's first new major zoo in more than 100 years will open on Saturday. With such debate about animal welfare these days, can zoos still be a force for good…

This week, the Verge reported on the massive onslaught of Amazons cardboard boxes at recycling facilities everywhereotherwise known as the Amazon effect. According to Sims Municipal Recycling, one of the countrys largest recycling facilities that accepts muc…

Plastic is everywhere. Nearly 400 million tons of plastic are produced each year and the majority of it ends up in landfills and incinerators, or by leaking into the environment. Each of us ingests 5 grams of microplastic each week, the equivalent of a credit…

Amazon.com started out its life as an online bookseller, and less than fifteen years later it launched the first Kindle e-reader. Ever since then, millions of people have downloaded billions of books, magazines, newspapers, and other readable content on their…

We need to move away from a model that clearly isnt working and urgently shift our focus to reusable and refillable packaging, which will drastically reduce the amount of waste that is produced in the first place. The latest figures showed that East Riding o…

Italian architect Renzo Piano has completed his 565 Broome Soho – a New York condominium development comprising two identical glass towers. Piano's firm Renzo Piano Building Workshop (RPBW) has completed the 30-storey residential tower in Lower Manhattan, wi…

This week Netflix's biggest movie yet comes to various small screens, as it streams Martin Scorsese's The Irishman, starring Robert De Niro, Joe Pesci and many more. Also on Netflix, a new investigative documentary series, Broken, "exposes the unknown fraud, …

In terms of design and construction, what's the most sophisticated object you possess and regularly use? If you're a motorist, it's undoubtedly a car. The average vehicle has about 30,000 parts (according to Toyota, the world's largest car manufacturer), if y…

Todays consumers expect brands to be authentic, transparent and impactful, going beyond simple PR stunts by integrating progressive values into their core identities and business plans. This research paper demonstrates the ways brands are creating meaningful …