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Recycling by the Numbers

Mass production of plastics, which began just six decades ago, has accelerated so rapidly that it has created 8.3 billion metric...

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Ethical Clothes For Little Zero Wasters

SHOPPING FOR FASHION ? Cool, ethical clothes for little ZERO WASTERS We recently covered the rise of slow fashion and extolled zero...

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One Small Change

There is little that needs to be added to the words of these talented Primary School pupils. We are offering them this platform to relay...

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When in Rome? Recycle.

Planning a trip to Rome? Bring along some plastic bottles to recycle. When in Rome? Well, why not bring along a few plastic bottles,...

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Wastewater Treatment and Disposal Systems Serving Single Houses – Novel ideas

Recovery of dissolved nitrogen and phosphorus from our wastewater will become necessary in the near future with global shortages of these...

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SickOfPlastic? Tell Minister Bruton.

We’re backing the Sick of Plastic Campaigners today and every other day. So should you. A ‘Plastic Bottle Rally’ will take place at the...

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Waking up from our coffee cup nightmare

Photo courtesy of Takahiro Sakamoto on Unsplash The UK starts to wake up from a coffee cup nightmare, but we’re still snoring here. Ring...

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Green Bin Rules – are we unpaid recycling workers?

Are we working as unpaid staff for the recycling companies? It might seem like that when you read the revised green bin collection...

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Zero Waste Lifestyle –What Does It Mean?

Zero Waste Lifestyle– What Does It Really Mean? The Zero Waste lifestyle is becoming a more popular phrase But what does it really mean....

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