Circular Economy Building activity produces 18% of emissions and a shocking 40% of our landfill waste. We must move to a circular economy – here’s how by M. Reza Hosseini & Tuba Kocaturk A circular economic model can help solve the environmental challenges created by our built environment – water, waste and power systems, transport infrastructure and the buildings we live and work in
Community action Leveraging digital platforms for public good: Stories of positive impact from India by Suchit Ahuja & Yolande E. Chan 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
Bans Canada’s federal single-use plastics ban: What they got right and what they didn’t by Bruce McAdams & Emily Robinson There is little dispute these days over the need to regulate single-use plastics. But there is ample confusion around what plastics to address and how to do so.
Education Decades of public messages about recycling in the US have crowded out more sustainable ways to manage waste by Michaela Barnett, Leidy Klotz, Patrick I. Hancock & Shahzeen Attari You’ve just finished a cup of coffee at your favorite cafe. Now you’re facing a trash bin, a recycling bin and a compost bin. What’s the most planet-friendly thing to…
Compost The case for compost by Suzanne Schmidt and Nicole Robinson Why recycling food waste is so much better than sending it to landfill
Municipal Waste Waste disposal in Nigeria is a mess: how Lagos can take the lead in sorting and recycling by Kehinde Allen-Taylor Nigeria produces a large volume of solid waste out of which less than 20% is collected through a formal system
Plastics In a Barbie world … after the movie frenzy fades, how do we avoid tonnes of Barbie dolls going to landfill? by Alan Pears When movies or TV shows become cultural phenomena, toymakers jump on board. And that comes with a surprisingly large amount of plastic waste.
Municipal Waste How Indigenous cultural practices can improve waste management in communities by Emily Atkins Improper municipal solid waste (MSW) management ranks high among environmental issues First Nations communities in Canada face
Plastics Plastic recycling is failing – here’s how the world must respond by Cressida Bowyer, Keiron Roberts & Stephanie Northen Global recycling capacity simply cannot keep up with the taking, making and wasting of natural resources
Industrial, Commercial & Institutional (IC&I) Buildings used iron from sunken ships centuries ago. The use of recycled materials should be business as usual by now by Salman Shooshtarian & Tayyab Maqsood Do we really needed material shortages for the construction industry to get serious about using products with recycled content?