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An essential part of managing a growing global waste problem is sorting, recovering and recycling it. But you won’t see this on children’s shows that feature waste collection.
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Wind farm owners are keeping old turbines in service to capitalise on high electricity prices.
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Understanding the success of the ABC’s War on Waste is a lesson in behavioural psychology. Research reveals five ways to guide other entertainment-education interventions to similar success.
More than 8 million pumpkins are thrown away over Halloween each year.
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Halloween is a sustainability nightmare – but it doesn’t have to be.
Households that produced their own fruit and veg wasted 95% less than the average UK household.
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Those who grow their own food in gardens and allotments waste less and eat more healthily – but not everyone has the chance to do so.
Vern DeLaronde, the founder of the First Nations Indigenous Warriors, walks on the main road into the Brady Road landfill, just outside of Winnipeg, July 10, 2023.
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Manitoba’s refusal to fund the search for the remains of three Indigenous women is met with denouncement from the Assembly of First Nations.
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When food scraps and garden clippings are sent to landfill, it’s not just a waste of nutrients and water. The rotting organic matter trapped in landfill produces methane, a potent greenhouse gas.
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Rubbish can be reused or recycled – or it may end up in a dumpsite.
Methane leaks across oil and gas supply chains are speeding up climate change.
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Major sources, like oil and gas ‘super-emitters’, are almost entirely neglected by regulations.
Label symbols tell you all you need to know about how to wash, dry, bleach and iron your clothes.
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By understanding clothing care labels, you can extend the lifespan of your clothes.
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Cheap and easy waste disposal is a highly lucrative business. The lack of regulation in how companies advertise is driving up illegal dumping.
Scientists say that wasting coffee and water while making a cup of coffee has a larger carbon footprint than using coffee capsules.
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Coffee capsules aren’t the biggest carbon culprits. It’s better to use a capsule than to waste coffee and water.
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Not everything needs to be Marie Kondo-ed just because it doesn’t ‘spark joy’. Ask yourself if there’s a less wasteful option.
Children are among waste pickers exposed to hazards while working at the Olusosun landfill. Photo by: Lionel Healing/AFP.
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Employing children as waste pickers lowers costs but exposes them to hazards.
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The agriculture and fossil fuel industries are the biggest sources of methane emissions in Australia. Here’s how signing the pledge may affect them.
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Could we divert incontinence products from landfill? Yes – if we tackle social stigma and access to affordable health services, encourage biodegradable products and introduce supportive waste policies
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The landfill industry’s decision to speak out about the integrity of carbon credits provides an opportunity to put the system back on the rails.
Waste pickers at the Olusosan landfill work in a hazardous environment.
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Lagos waste pickers were dissatisfied with their unhealthy working conditions, poverty and stigmatisation.
A garbage dump fire is seen smouldering across the bay from the city of Iqaluit on July 9, 2014.
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Priority should be given to improving municipal solid waste management in First Nation communities because they currently lack financial resources, infrastructure and solid waste diversion programs.
In an effort to reduce the growing problem of food waste disposal, researchers are focusing on developing new green technologies that use food waste to generate clean energy.
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Technologies like biomass gasification can help tackle the growing global problem of food waste.