What is the most effective action individuals can take? Most experts (76%) backed voting for politicians who pledge strong climate measures, where fair elections take…
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M&S teams up with recycling tech group to trace plastic packaging
Marks & Spencer is teaming up with a recycling technology group to enable the retailer to trace what happens to its drinks bottles, cartons and…
View More M&S teams up with recycling tech group to trace plastic packaging‘The Body Shop held our hand’: how the troubled British firm helped a recycling startup in India
Sitting in a sultry corner of southern India, beside the rain trees and beaches of Mangalore, Shifrah Jacobs, the co-founder of Plastics for Change, smiles…
View More ‘The Body Shop held our hand’: how the troubled British firm helped a recycling startup in IndiaReuse, not refuse: how packaging can help in the battle for a waste-free future
For several months last year, patrons of a Seattle coffee shop called Tailwind Cafe had the option of ordering their americanos and lattes in a…
View More Reuse, not refuse: how packaging can help in the battle for a waste-free futureIga Swiatek wins three-set duel against Aryna Sabalenka to take Madrid crown
58 Iga Swiatek may still be in the early years of her career, still in the process of learning her craft, gaining new tools while…
View More Iga Swiatek wins three-set duel against Aryna Sabalenka to take Madrid crownG7 agree to end use of unabated coal power plants by 2035
Ministers from the G7 countries agreed on Tuesday to end the use of unabated coal power plants by 2035 – but left the door open…
View More G7 agree to end use of unabated coal power plants by 2035No Mow May: councils urge Britons to put away lawnmowers
Once upon a time, an unkempt front lawn could have landed you in trouble with the neighbours. But now, councils are telling UK households to…
View More No Mow May: councils urge Britons to put away lawnmowersPress for success: four tips from readers on the best ways to sell secondhand clothes
Selling your clothes isn’t just great for the environment, it also helps free up space in your wardrobe (for more secondhand clothes). When asked…
View More Press for success: four tips from readers on the best ways to sell secondhand clothes‘Be in awe’: everything you need to know about the US cicada-geddon
The cicadas are arriving. The periodic emergence of trillions of cicadas, on a scale not seen in several hundred years, is under way in parts…
View More ‘Be in awe’: everything you need to know about the US cicada-geddonCop29 summit to call for peace between warring states, says host Azerbaijan
This year’s Cop29 UN climate summit will be the first “Cop of peace”, focusing on the prevention of future climate-fuelled conflicts and using international cooperation…
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