Recycle/Reuse/Repurpose/Repair


Our Mission to Reduce Food Waste

Source: blog.generalmills.com Published: November 21, 2016 By Jerry Lynch You may have noticed that General Mills has been talking a lot about food waste lately. As a global food company, it’s imperative to take thoughtful action to combat food waste and we are...

Environmental Education: Key to Solving Our Waste Problem

Source: gndr.org Published: June 22, 2017 Six African young women standing while reading a UNEP leaflet on the hands of one of them Olumide Idowu Olumide IDOWU,  Co-Founder of Climate Wednesday and UNISDR Youth Champion for Africa advocates for sustainable education...

Reducing Waste at Record-Setting Rates

Source: cta.tech Published: September 13, 2016 We are purchasing and enjoying technology at unprecedented levels, and emerging trends such as the Internet of Things and wearables likely mean more tech devices will soon be entering our homes. But what happens once...

Plastic’s Place in the Waste Stream

Source: blog.laddawn.com Published: July 26, 2016 by Owen Richardson A common misconception is that plastics are the number one component of landfills and the fastest growing segment. That’s not true. Because modern packaging cannot be eliminated from the shipment and...

Wastewater Treatment: An Undervalued Driver of Sustainability

Source: huffingtonpost.com Published: March 27, 2017 Wastewater is no longer waste as innovation and holistic thinking enables water reuse and resource recovery. Jens-Peter Saul, Contributor CEO This piece is co-written by Janet Egli, Global Service Line Leader,...

Using Paper Saves Trees – a South African Perspective

Source: thepaperstory.co.za Published: June 7, 2017 We can all agree that “digital is not going away” – it is very much a part of our world. I’m using it to publish this post. But even in this multimedia, multiplatform world, paper is not going away either. And that’s...

Recycled Ocean Plastic Could Become the Building Block of the Future

Source: curbed.com Published: August 1, 2016 By Barbara Eldredge More than 300 million tons of plastic trash is generated every year, but less than 8 percent of that waste is recycled. In fact, as much as 12 million tons ends up in the ocean. A new U.S.-based startup,...