inasaba@lemmy.mlM to Zero Waste@lemmy.mlEnglish · 11 months agoAround 26% of toys bought at Christmas are neglected by the end of January, and 40% will be thrown out within the first 3 months of being unwrapped. Combined weight of electronic toys comes to 3.2b kgplus-squareenvironmentjournal.onlineexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11
arrow-up11external-linkAround 26% of toys bought at Christmas are neglected by the end of January, and 40% will be thrown out within the first 3 months of being unwrapped. Combined weight of electronic toys comes to 3.2b kgplus-squareenvironmentjournal.onlineinasaba@lemmy.mlM to Zero Waste@lemmy.mlEnglish · 11 months agomessage-square0fedilink
inasaba@lemmy.mlM to Zero Waste@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 year agoHow Mackinac Island Gets Composting Rightplus-squarecivileats.comexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11
arrow-up11external-linkHow Mackinac Island Gets Composting Rightplus-squarecivileats.cominasaba@lemmy.mlM to Zero Waste@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square0fedilink
inasaba@lemmy.mlM to Zero Waste@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 year agoThe zero-waste city: what Kiel in Germany can teach the worldplus-squarewww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11
arrow-up11external-linkThe zero-waste city: what Kiel in Germany can teach the worldplus-squarewww.theguardian.cominasaba@lemmy.mlM to Zero Waste@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square0fedilink
inasaba@lemmy.mlM to Zero Waste@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 year agoRight-to-repair is now the law in Californiaplus-squarewww.theverge.comexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11
arrow-up11external-linkRight-to-repair is now the law in Californiaplus-squarewww.theverge.cominasaba@lemmy.mlM to Zero Waste@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square0fedilink
inasaba@lemmy.mlM to Zero Waste@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 year agoHow South Korea's composting system became a model for the worldwww.latimes.comexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11
arrow-up11external-linkHow South Korea's composting system became a model for the worldwww.latimes.cominasaba@lemmy.mlM to Zero Waste@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square0fedilink
inasaba@lemmy.mlM to Zero Waste@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 year agoWellington restaurant turns food waste into pay-what-you-want delicious burgers www.nzherald.co.nzexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11
arrow-up11external-linkWellington restaurant turns food waste into pay-what-you-want delicious burgers www.nzherald.co.nzinasaba@lemmy.mlM to Zero Waste@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square0fedilink
inasaba@lemmy.mlM to Zero Waste@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 year agoCanada sets sights on next plastic waste target: food packagingplus-squareglobalnews.caexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11
arrow-up11external-linkCanada sets sights on next plastic waste target: food packagingplus-squareglobalnews.cainasaba@lemmy.mlM to Zero Waste@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square0fedilink
inasaba@lemmy.mlM to Zero Waste@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 year agoSupermarket plastic bag charge has led to 98% drop in use in England, data showsplus-squarewww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11
arrow-up11external-linkSupermarket plastic bag charge has led to 98% drop in use in England, data showsplus-squarewww.theguardian.cominasaba@lemmy.mlM to Zero Waste@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square0fedilink
inasaba@lemmy.mlM to Zero Waste@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 year ago380 million tons of plastic are made every year. None of it is truly recyclable.grist.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11
arrow-up11external-link380 million tons of plastic are made every year. None of it is truly recyclable.grist.orginasaba@lemmy.mlM to Zero Waste@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square0fedilink
inasaba@lemmy.mlM to Zero Waste@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 year agoFishing nets account for 46 percent of the trash within the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, with the majority of the rest composed of other fishing industry gear.plus-squarewww.nationalgeographic.comexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11
arrow-up11external-linkFishing nets account for 46 percent of the trash within the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, with the majority of the rest composed of other fishing industry gear.plus-squarewww.nationalgeographic.cominasaba@lemmy.mlM to Zero Waste@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square0fedilink
inasaba@lemmy.mlM to Zero Waste@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 year agoWant a more sustainable wardrobe? Take better care of what you haveplus-squarewww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11
arrow-up11external-linkWant a more sustainable wardrobe? Take better care of what you haveplus-squarewww.theguardian.cominasaba@lemmy.mlM to Zero Waste@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square0fedilink
inasaba@lemmy.mlM to Zero Waste@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 year agoHow Taiwan Has Achieved One of the Highest Recycling Rates in the World — Once nicknamed “Garbage Island,” the region now has a success story to shareplus-squarewww.smithsonianmag.comexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11
arrow-up11external-linkHow Taiwan Has Achieved One of the Highest Recycling Rates in the World — Once nicknamed “Garbage Island,” the region now has a success story to shareplus-squarewww.smithsonianmag.cominasaba@lemmy.mlM to Zero Waste@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square0fedilink
inasaba@lemmy.mlM to Zero Waste@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 year agoDon't just swap out your current consumption for "zero waste" alternatives — consume less.plus-squarewww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11
arrow-up11external-linkDon't just swap out your current consumption for "zero waste" alternatives — consume less.plus-squarewww.theguardian.cominasaba@lemmy.mlM to Zero Waste@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square0fedilink
inasaba@lemmy.mlM to Zero Waste@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 year agoRecycling was a lie — a big lie — to sell more plastic, industry experts say. Less than 10 per cent of the plastics we’ve used have been recycled. This documentary reveals why.www.cbc.caexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11
arrow-up11external-linkRecycling was a lie — a big lie — to sell more plastic, industry experts say. Less than 10 per cent of the plastics we’ve used have been recycled. This documentary reveals why.www.cbc.cainasaba@lemmy.mlM to Zero Waste@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square0fedilink
inasaba@lemmy.mlM to Zero Waste@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 year agoInto sewing? Here's a giant map of secondhand fabric stores by city! (USA & Canada)www.sewingthroughfog.comexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11
arrow-up11external-linkInto sewing? Here's a giant map of secondhand fabric stores by city! (USA & Canada)www.sewingthroughfog.cominasaba@lemmy.mlM to Zero Waste@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square0fedilink
inasaba@lemmy.mlM to Zero Waste@lemmy.mlEnglish · 2 years agoThis was one of my first — and one of my biggest! — zero waste swaps.plus-squareexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11
arrow-up11external-linkThis was one of my first — and one of my biggest! — zero waste swaps.plus-squareinasaba@lemmy.mlM to Zero Waste@lemmy.mlEnglish · 2 years agomessage-square0fedilink
inasaba@lemmy.mlM to Zero Waste@lemmy.mlEnglish · edit-22 years agoThe boom in plastic production could be about to come to a halt: A plastics treaty is on the cards and it could join the rescue of the ozone layer as a landmark success in environmental diplomacy.plus-squarewww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11
arrow-up11external-linkThe boom in plastic production could be about to come to a halt: A plastics treaty is on the cards and it could join the rescue of the ozone layer as a landmark success in environmental diplomacy.plus-squarewww.theguardian.cominasaba@lemmy.mlM to Zero Waste@lemmy.mlEnglish · edit-22 years agomessage-square0fedilink
inasaba@lemmy.mlM to Zero Waste@lemmy.mlEnglish · 2 years ago"What is 'zero waste,' anyway? Where do I start?"plus-squarepinmessage-squaremessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11
arrow-up11message-square"What is 'zero waste,' anyway? Where do I start?"plus-squarepininasaba@lemmy.mlM to Zero Waste@lemmy.mlEnglish · 2 years agomessage-square0fedilink
