Claire Elise Thompson / GristMar 19, 2024
From apple waste to spider silk, Biomaterials companies are using new materials to create high-performance textiles. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )
Adam M. Lowenstein / DeSmogFeb 19, 2024
They knew plastics could not be recycled, but promoted it with campaigns that echoed Big Tobacco’s campaigns of deception. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )
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Joseph Winters / GristNov 13, 2023
A new analysis finds lower-income countries pay 8 times more for plastic’s social and environmental impacts. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )
Kieran Cooke / Climate News NetworkFeb 10, 2018
With their global reach and financial resources, transnational companies say they are ushering in a sustainable future. But a new book says that trusting them to do that is like trusting arsonists to be firefighters. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
By Tim Radford / Climate News NetworkMay 2, 2016
From creating transparent wood for solar panels or windows to turning carbon dioxide and plant waste into plastic bottles, scientists are finding ingenious ways to sidestep fossil fuels. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )
Alexander Reed Kelly / TruthdigMar 28, 2016
Profound, unnecessary waste characterizes our relationship with the goods and materials of everyday life. “There is an alternative,” explains Walter Stahel, a veteran sustainability architect. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigJan 20, 2016
A new report by the World Economic Forum says 8 million tons of plastic end up in the ocean every year-- the equivalent of one garbage truckload of waste every minute. The report projects that by 2050, the weight of plastic in the seas will exceed that of the fish. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
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