Day: September 17, 2024

One year since it banned single-use plastic, a school here has reported fewer plastic containers and food waste being thrown into rubbish bins. The compound of Sekolah Raja Perempuan Taayah, a major religious boarding school in Perak with 567 students, is cleaner too. Under the ban which began in June last year, its “Say No To Single-Use Plastic” programme head Mohd Fikri Fadzil said it was...

Decentralized and community-led zero waste practices are a low-hanging fruit in addressing the climate crisis. It’s not every day that you see the words “zero waste” and “climate” in the same sentence.  Zero waste practitioners, both individuals and civil society organizations, vie for individual lifestyle change while also calling for a systems change in the way things are produced...

Since 2016, supermarkets in France have been banned from throwing away or destroying unsold food. They must instead donate it to charities and food banks which will provide the hungry with millions of more meals, or to facilities that process it into animal feed or compost. France is the first country in the world to combat food waste in this innovative way. (Image via Give A Shift About Nature)...