Leveraging digital platforms for public good: Stories of positive impact from India

To leverage the power of platforms for social good, it’s important to design socially-oriented platforms within ecosystems of shared value that target the UN’s sustainable development goals

Lemonade maker gives Coke the finger

Lemonade maker delivers middle finger sculpture made of plastic cola bottles to Coca Cola with the message “Pick Up Your Crap” for Christmas

No time to waste: We need to start prioritizing solid waste management in First Nation communities

Many First Nations, northern and remote communities find it difficult to properly manage municipal solid waste (MSW)

Single-use litter doubles in 2020

change may be one of the many implications of COVID-19, including more people ordering restaurant takeaway and consuming more individually packaged foods

A circular food system can withstand crises like COVID-19 — and provide delicious meals

Our food system needs a serious reboot

Walker Industries supporting year-round community cleanup

Walker will provide free disposal of litter collected by volunteers who register their community clean-up initiatives throughout 2021

B.C. cleaning up coasts this summer

More than $9.5 million will be used to clean shorelines and remove approximately 100 derelict vessels

Program aims to keep butts off the ground

Aims to divert hundreds of thousands of butts each month from the ground and landfills

Garbage truck parade makes three-year-old’s birthday

PORTLAND, Oregon – There were nothing but smiles and cheers at a “garbage truck surprise birthday parade” this week to celebrate the third birthday of one…

Project tackling plastic waste in East Africa and South Asia

SINGAPORE – The Alliance to End Plastic Waste and UN Habitat are working together on a project to reduce plastic waste leakage from municipal waste collection in cities around…