

Waste Warriors Tackle India’s Growing Mountain of Trash
In the foothills of the Himalayas, something extraordinary is happening. Local communities are stepping up their efforts to deal with the...

Yasmin Prabhudas
Feb 22, 2022


Forever Chemicals Build Up in People and the Environment
From pizza boxes to the blood of people living in remote arctic communities, there is a type of substance all around us raising serious...

Mark Smith
Dec 22, 2021


Single-Use Nightmare: How COVID-19 Protective Materials are Trashing the Environment
For the last eighteen months, humanity has been trapped between two existential crises. On one side, the COVID-19 pandemic has wreaked havoc

Mark Smith
Oct 22, 2021


Germany Faces a Tidal Wave of Solar Energy Waste
Germany has stood at the vanguard of solar energy adoption for decades. Now, as older solar panels begin to reach the end of their life...

Nnamdi Anyadike
Aug 19, 2021


Waste Pickers’ Choice: Work amid COVID Risk or Stay Home and Starve
The Brazilian waste picker Alex Cardoso was born and reborn many times among recyclable materials. Son and grandson of waste pickers, he had

Jaqueline Sordi
Jun 22, 2021





