waste

On Food Waste Action Week, Sarah Benton, Senior Writer at The Ellen MacArthur Foundation, explores the Big Food Redesign Challenge and explains how circular design can transform the battle against food waste. Count to 10. In that time, 10 truckloads of food have been wasted globally. And that dirty, smelly procession of trucks continues every ... Mai mult

The European Parliament adopted on Wednesday its proposals to better prevent and reduce waste from food and textiles across the EU. MEPs adopted their first reading position on the proposed revision of the Waste Framework with 514 votes in favour, 20 against and 91 abstentions. They propose higher binding waste reduction targets to be met at national ... Mai mult

The Environmental Audit Committee has criticised the UK government for making “little progress” to tackle the “e-waste tsunami”. Four years after the government accepted or partly accepted recommendations from an Environmental Audit Committee (EAC) report, the Committee has raised concerns about the lack of progress on waste, electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE). EAC is calling ... Mai mult

  The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) has issued a report forecasting municipal solid waste (MSW) levels to rise globally by two thirds. As have previous UNEP efforts and messages, the report endorses waste reduction techniques as important. However, the phrases “circular economy approaches” and “turning rubbish into resources” also are used. “Waste generation is intrinsically tied ... Mai mult