Recycling

One of the largest cities in the world has started a compulsory recycling programme. Residents and businesses in Shanghai will face fines if they don't follow strict rubbish-sorting guidelines. China's government hopes the move will help it reduce waste. A…

Enlarge/ Why is this particular product Amazon's "Choice" when you search for a can opener, instead of an alternate item? Outside of Amazon, nobody actually knows. 3 with 3 posters participating Amazon is a gigantic international marketplace filled with all…

Welcome to Small Humans, an ongoing series at Mashable that looks at how to take care of and deal with the kids in your life. Because Dr. Spock is nice and all, but its 2019 and we have the entire internet to contend with. The boxes come once a month,…

Just in time for back-to-school shopping, Nike today officially announced its entry into the subscription service market with the launch of a “sneaker club” for kids called Nike Adventure Club. The new program is specifically designed to make shopping easier …

Companies know that many parents don’t have a lot of time to shop for their kids new outfits—which is why subscription services designed to make the process more automated and less time consuming are flourishing. Brands like Rockets of Awesome, Kidsbox, and S…

I’m on a fabulously stylish purple seven-gear bicycle, made by a Swedish startup called Vélosophy. The bike epitomizes minimalist Scandinavian design, with clean lines and sleek wheels. You would never guess that it was made from thousands of old aluminum Nes…

These are not your average rings that sink to the bottom of the pool for kids to bring back up. The goal is to go through the rings like an obstacle course and either see how many you can get through or who can get through them the fastest. These…

Materials & tools: at least one old skateboard, jigsaw or bandsaw, sandpaper, hairdryer, driller, permanent marker, tape, triangle ruler, pencil, pricker,12 short screws, clockwork, 3 long screws, screwdriver,

Is any item more symbolic of our modern, disposable culture than the single-use coffee cup? In March 2016, they were vilified in celebrity chef Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall’s “War on Waste” campaign, when he drove a bus through London covered in 10,000 coffee …

You dont have to replace your iPhones battery at the Apple Store if you dont want toa $69 fix from Apple if your newer iPhone is out of warranty. If you do purchase a battery elsewhere, however, your iPhone is going to warn you that your new replacement batte…