Recycling

Canada is planning to phase out single-use plastics by 2021. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced today that his government is taking inspiration from the E.U. and hoping to ban single-use plastics bags, straws, and cutlery, in Canada as early as 2021.Exac…

In the 15 days since Jennifer Dulos was reported missing, her husband and his girlfriend have gone to jail, her blood-soaked clothes have been found in trash cans and her five children have relocated to New York City to stay with her mother. Yet Dulos has st…

Over the past 10 years, rooftop houses with solar panels have evolved from curiosity to a common phenomenon. This technology has been available for decades – astronauts have been using solar-powered satellites since 1960, and in the Second World War, passive …

One person's trash is another's treasure literally when it comes to making cars.  Ford and other automakers are looking to use everything from recycled paper money to plastic bottles to reduce their carbon footprint. And yes, it smacks of "greenwashing" afte…

For many years the recycling collected from households in the UK and other Western countries has been exported. This strategy has enabled these countries to carry on without much thought about how consumers purchase goods and dispose of all the unwanted packa…

An errant wire snipping across the wrong electrical pins spells the release of your magic smoke. Even if you are lucky, stray parts are the root of boundless malfunctions from disruptive to deadly. shares his trick for covering an Arduino N…

Alia Bhatt has unveiled the third installment of her wardrobe-sharing initiative, Mi Wardrobe Su Wardrobe. (Source: Alia Bhatt) (Designed by Gargi Singh) Continuing with her environment conservation efforts, actor Alia Bhatt has unveiled the third installmen…

There’s a hot new premium Icelandic water brand to rival Poland Spring, Evian, Arrowhead, Aquafina, and even Icelandic Glacial spring water. It’s called Kranavatn.Like its rivals, Kranavatn is pure springwater that has been naturally filtered through lava for…

A school in India’s northeastern Assam state is now requiring students to pay for tuition in plastic waste they collect. Each of the 110 students at the Akshar Forum school must bring 20 plastic items to school a week in order to attend, according to Agence …

We all want to do the right thing when it comes to recycling. After all, it makes us feel good to know were diverting materials from the already-overflowing landfills. But sometimes we inadvertently cause more problems than we solve when we toss items into re…