When we go shopping, we’re buying a new Bag for Life every week. Many of us would rather turn...
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“How plastic bags were supposed to help save the planet”
The man who invented plastic bags thought he was doing us all a favour, saving trees and forests...
“Revealed: what really goes on with your recycling rubbish behind the scenes”
Surely it’s inevitable that our recycling bins will never be properly sorted. It makes us feel...
“‘Trash Girl’ Nadia Sparkes moves schools over bullying”
Another week, another story about an inspiring, eco-warrior teenager. Nadia was bullied out of her...
“Recycling: Where is the plastic waste mountain?”
Rubbish is very complicated these days. An epiphany that came to me while pondering whether to...