A household survey has revealed three distinct patterns of consumer behaviour around food waste.
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New research shows that Americans may have absorbed public messaging about the importance of recycling too well.
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.
Most food waste still goes into red bins of mixed waste bound for landfill. It’s using up precious landfill space and harming the environment when it could produce valuable compost and biogas instead.
When governments want people to do less of something, one way to make that happen is to charge them for doing it. That’s the idea behind pay-as-you-throw waste policies.
With more people composting due to environmental concerns or council programs, they need to know how to do it right.
While the sports sector’s environmental impact is not fully understood, it has a social platform and reach to influence a significant number of people worldwide to choose more sustainable behaviors.
The COVID-019 pandemic has boosted use of disposable packaging and personal protective equipment, at the same time that many recycling programs are facing budget cuts. The upshot: More plastic trash.
There’s logic in burying carcasses as they can harbour nasty diseases, but they also help landscapes recover from fire.
There’s a buzz around sustainability, but consumers still struggle to develop new habits. Here’s how to change that.
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Professor Emeritus in Terrestrial Ecology, University of Sydney
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Professor - School of Agriculture and Food Science, The University of Queensland
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Professor of Waste Management, The University of Queensland
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Associate Professor of Sport Management and Director, Center for Sport Management and Education and the Laboratory for Sustainability in Sport, Texas A&M University
