In a landmark move, a national recycling strategy is to be launched across the U.S., aiming to streamline recycling bin labels and, in so doing, give the market a desperately needed overhaul.
Illegal and unregulated hunting of a tiny migratory songbird, the ortolan bunting (Emberiza hortulana), a coveted French delicacy, has been confirmed as unsustainable by an extensive pan-European study.
While global demand for finite natural resources has skyrocketed, exceeding what the planet can sustainably support, innovative businesses are transitioning from linear to circular economies.
If you live in the U.S. and relish grabbing a morning coffee on your way to work, the sleeve that stops your hand burning may well have been created by a manufacturing plant that recycles or composts 99% of its materials.
Just over two years ago, Scott Paul landed his dream job. Former director of Greenpeace’s forest campaign in the US, he was head-hunted by guitar maker Bob Taylor for an ambitious reforestation project
Nitrogen-rich droppings from penguins and seals along the Antarctic Peninsula fuel biodiversity hotspots that stretch several kilometers inland
Oral contraceptives appear to reduce the severity of anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injuries in female athletes, a large population study reveals.
Organic solar cells have several advantages over their traditional silicon counterparts. But they are highly susceptible to damage from moisture, oxygen and light.
What if retrofitted air-conditioners could convert carbon dioxide (CO2) into renewable hydrocarbon fuel?
More than ever, consumers have become the swinging voters of product success.
Children as young as five make stereotypical inferences about people’s behaviour and modify their own behaviour towards them based merely on facial characteristics, a new study suggests.
Scotland’s Orkney Islands – the world’s “poster child for sustainable development” – are edging closer to their 100% renewable energy goals.
If you’re walking quietly through Australian bush this Easter you might get lucky – no chocolate eggs are likely to be hiding there but you could spot two little eyes peeking out of a burrow.
When Andrew Robinson and his wife Mallika were driving one day, they heard their son and his friends chatting about video games in the back seat of the car.
High doses of vitamin D do not improve survival rates for patients with gastrointestinal cancer, according to a new clinical trial.
By revealing the molecular structure of membranes used to convert seawater to drinking water, researchers may have shed light on how to improve the membranes’ permeability and reduce the high energy cost of reverse osmosis.
Swelling road congestion has led to considerable interest and investment in electrical vertical take-off and landing aircraft (VTOL), otherwise known as flying cars.
Parenting is hard work, and can be especially difficult if you have a child with behavioural problems.
