Dirty gold: the fly-tipping gangs costing councils millions – and how you can help

Criminals want your waste. Here’s what you can do to help tackle illegal fly-tipping.

Banita Lal, Associate Professor in the School of Management, University of Bradford • conversation
Feb. 22, 2023 • ~7 min

How centuries of self-isolation turned Japan into one of the most sustainable societies on Earth

Japanese people had to rely totally on materials already present within the country.

Hiroko Oe, Principal Academic, Bournemouth University • conversation
Aug. 9, 2022 • ~6 min

Microalgae is nature's 'green gold': our pioneering project to feed the world more sustainably

The inside of story of a pioneering programme to convert nitrogen into microalgae that can generate sustainable animal feed.

Carole Anne Llewellyn, Professor in Applied Aquatic Bioscience, Swansea University • conversation
March 15, 2022 • ~19 min

Plastic pollution is a global problem – here's how to design an effective treaty to curb it

Public, government and corporate support for a world treaty to curb plastic waste is growing. Treaties addressing mercury pollution, long-range air pollution and ozone depletion offer some lessons.

Sarah J. Morath, Associate Professor of Legal Writing, Wake Forest University • conversation
Feb. 24, 2022 • ~10 min

Toilet taboo: we need to stop being squeamish about recycling human waste

There are myriad benefits to recycling human waste but our reluctance seems to be based on distaste.

Natalie Boyd Williams, PhD candidate Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Stirling • conversation
Feb. 10, 2022 • ~7 min

We can't afford to just build greener. We must build less

One-tenth of global emissions result from the production and supply of building materials – and the construction process itself.

Johannes Novy, Senior Lecturer in Urban Planning, School of Architecture and Cities, University of Westminster • conversation
Nov. 10, 2021 • ~9 min

Amazon found destroying unsold stock – would better accounting practices help?

Financial accounts don't currently factor in environmental problems.

Lucy Wishart, Associate Lecturer, University of St Andrews • conversation
June 28, 2021 • ~7 min

Polluting SUVs will be on roads for the next two decades – what should we do with them?

SUVs accounted for 7% of the European market in 2009. Today, it's almost 40%.

Tom Stacey, Senior Lecturer in Operations and Supply Chain Management, Anglia Ruskin University • conversation
April 12, 2021 • ~5 min

How businesses could cut plastic waste with a track and trace system

The hard work of eliminating plastic waste must start with businesses.

Katherine Ellsworth-Krebs, Senior Research Associate in Sustainability, Lancaster University • conversation
Feb. 16, 2021 • ~7 min

Five ways to reduce your household waste – and stop it being shipped to poorer countries

UK still ships huge amounts of plastic waste to places like Vietnam, Malaysia and Pakistan.

Sankar Sivarajah, Head of School of Management and Professor of Technology Management and Circular Economy, University of Bradford • conversation
Feb. 15, 2021 • ~5 min

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