Sustainability showcase: Erase the e-waste – News on TAP
How Denver Water recycled more than 9 tons of electronic waste last year.Source: Sustainability showcase: Erase the e-waste – News on TAP…
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How Denver Water recycled more than 9 tons of electronic waste last year.Source: Sustainability showcase: Erase the e-waste – News on TAP…
Source: coyotegulch.blog
If you’re on the hunt for plastic plates and cups for your next get-together, you’re going to have to look somewhere other than IKEA. The homeware mecca just announced it will ban all single-use plastics from stores and restaurants in the next two years.
SCHOOLCHILDREN in Antrobus are playing their part in saving the planet by upcycling old single-use materials into new artistic creations.
Statistics for 2014 suggest that 44% of all municipal waste in the EU is recycled or composted. This compares to just 31% in 2004, and by 2020 EU member states should be recycling or composting over 50% of waste. In 2014, Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Germany, the Netherlands and Sweden sent virtually no municipal waste to landfill, whereas Cyprus, Croatia, Greece, Latvia and Malta still landfill more than three quarters of their municipal waste. Although waste management in the EU has improved considerably in recent decades, almost a third of municipal waste is still landfilled and less than half is recycled or composted, with wide variations between member states. Improving waste management could deliver benefits for the environment, climate, human health and the economy. As part of a shift in EU policy towards a circular economy, the European Commission made four legislative proposals introducing new waste-management targets regarding reuse, recycling and landfilling. The proposals also strengthen EU provisions on waste prevention and extended producer responsibility, and streamline definitions, reporting obligations and calculation methods for targets.
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Two European retailers have introduced new services that allow customers to resell items, showing the growing interest in circular economy initiatives.
Limiting climate change is a global effort that requires many actions, large and small. Making sustainable food choices when shopping, cooking and eating is more important than ever, and more and more Canadians are looking for sustainable food choices.
Making big lifestyle changes can be out of budget for most college students. The movement to end climate change has become the most pressing topic of our time. It is imperative that each of us join in on the fight to curb climate change, and a lot of that entails living sustainably. But what does it mean to live sustainably?