The Planetary Health Diet: A bit like recycling?
The Planetary Health Diet was unveiled last week. Will this feed 10 billion people, save 11 million a year from...
Degradable Plastic: Is this a dead end?
Judging by social media everyone is upset with plastic – especially single use plastic. The new cry is let’s have...
Can we regain the simplicity of our ancestors?
Early man, like the animals with whom he lived, wasted nothing. Everything was recycled. Recycling is no longer a natural...
Death, taxes and trash
“Benjamin Franklin said there were only two things certain in life: death and taxes. But I'd like to add a...
Demystifying a waste management plan
The words “waste management plan” invariably conjure up an image of a thick document and a lot of cost. But...
Recycling in the bad times
The H1 figures are due out shortly. Even if the economy is not in recession we are teetering on the...
The advantages of 'recycling at source'
'Recycle at source' is one of the mantras of recycling. But what does it mean and does it serve a...
Containers vs culture and the informal sector
Very often when organizations decide to start a recycling program the first thing they do is buy new recycling containers....
