While so much of the world remains in the clutches of poverty, it seems silly than that a select few countries could produce not only enough food to eat, but to throw in the garbage at the end of the…
The zero-waste woman shows us how we can all lead a more eco-friendly lifestyle (video)
BY AILEEN ZANGOUEI Lauren singer dedicates her blog trashisfortossers.com and her YouTube channel to teaching people how to live a zero-waste lifestyle, therefore being eco-friendly. For five years, she saved her trash in a jar, and made a video exposing…
French photographer captures what our lives would look like if we weren’t able to dispose of the trash we produce (photos)
BY: BROOKLYN PINHEIRO After its one-time use a disposable water bottle may sit in your recycling bin for a week until it’s swept away never to be thought of by you again. So much trash passes through our hands we’re…
A Brazilian street artist is turning trash carts into art to send a powerful message
BY: TREVOR HEWITT While Xzibit pimps trashy cars, artist Thiago Mundano pimps trash carts. Brazil generates more than 200,000 tons of trash a day, with approximately one million trash collectors – known as catadores – responsible for 90 per cent…
Landfills are turning trash into energy and cleaning the environment
BY: SWIKAR OLI Methane has always had a bad rap. Often associated with trash or manure, and dreaded by environmentalists for trapping 25 times more heat per pound in the atmosphere than CO2, it could use a second introduction. With…
Less than 1% of Swedish trash ends up in a landfill
BY: ZOE MELNYK It’s difficult to imagine a world without trash, but Sweden seems to be heading in the right direction with less than one per cent of its trash actually reaching landfills. When compared to the United States’ 34.5…
This 23-year-old New Yorker hasn’t produced any trash in over 2 years
BY: SINEAD MULHERN Want to ditch all that garbage you’ve been sending to the landfills? That’s what New Yorker Lauren Singer, 23, took on three years ago. Today she lives a trash free life. She has even started a company…