The best features in recycling

22 May 2013
Last updated: 9 hours ago
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Innovation

Into the blue
Gunter Pauli, author of The Blue Economy: 100 Years, 100 Innovations, 100 Million Jobs talks to Charles Newman about why we should be letting...
Just rewards
Zero Waste Scotland recently launched nine pilot projects that reward consumers for recycling their used drink containers. Iain Gulland tells...
 

Futurevision

Recycling ‘value/action gap’ study
University of Exeter and Coca-Cola Enterprises launch study into the UK’s ‘value/action gap’ in regards to recycling.

 
Toying with Sustainability
Toys can provide hours of entertainment, but can be a disposal nightmare at their end of life. Annie Reece takes a look at how the toy industry has been playing around with sustainability…

 
 
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Features

Judicial review application for PFI withdrawal
North Yorkshire County Council submits application for a judicial review into Defra’s decision to withdraw PFI credits.

 
Who's in charge?
In his inaugural article, our anonymous columnist discusses pay as you throw.

 
 
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Think Tank

Redesigning wasteful products
One week left to nominate which wasteful items should be redesigned as part of the People's Design Lab.

 
Wales opens consultation on waste infrastructure
Welsh Government calls for views on proposed changes to national planning policy to ‘help deliver waste infrastructure’.

 
 
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Waste Minimisation

Design for life
The world’s largest producer of mobile phones and televisions, Samsung, isn’t necessarily known for its commitment to sustainability. But Nick Livermore finds that the Korean manufacturer is taking strides towards improving product lifecycles

 
Banking on deposits
South Australia has a very established deposit-refund scheme that has been operating since the ’70s. Susanna Prouse finds out how the system has evolved and whether the rest of Australia could soon follow suit

 
 
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Tools

Return to sender
Deposit-refund schemes: some love them, some hate them. Resource sums up the main issues surrounding this contentious recycling issue

 
Old car tyres to be used to hamper hurricane force
British marine engineer Stephen Salter has proposed reusing old car tyres to weaken the force of strong storms and hurricanes.

 
 
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New Technologies

Fracking up the country
Hydraulic fracturing has completely altered the US’s energy scene and could soon be coming to a county near you (Lancashire, to be exact). Libby Peake considers the process and the wastes it produces

 
Billboard converts air to 15,000 litres of water
A billboard designed to convert air humidity into water has produced 15,000 litres of water in six months.

 
 
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