Recycling isn’t working – here are 15 ways to shrink your plastic footprint →
Only 9% of plastics get recycled, and significant reductions will require systemic change – but there are easy tips for individuals to cut back. THE GUARDIAN
Read MoreI wanted to go waste free in 2019. Here’s what happened when I tried. →
According to its purest definition, zero waste means reducing your waste to the absolute minimum. Practitioners abide by the “five R’s”: refuse, reduce, reuse, rot and recycle. HUFFPOST
Read MoreClimate change: Big lifestyle changes are the only answer →
Researchers from Imperial College London say we must eat less meat and dairy, swap cars for bikes, take fewer flights, and ditch gas boilers at home. The report, seen by BBC Panorama, has been prepared for the Committee on Climate Change, which advises ministers how to cut the UK's carbon footprint. It says an upheaval in our lifestyles is the only way to meet targets. BBC NEWS
Read MoreCan you turn around the health of an entire town? →
How do you improve the health of an entire town? That was the question facing the former fishing port of Fleetwood, in Lancashire. BBC NEWS
Read MoreClimate change: Big lifestyle changes 'needed to cut emissions' →
People must use less transport, eat less red meat and buy fewer clothes if the UK is to virtually halt greenhouse gas emissions by 2050, the government's chief environment scientist has warned. BBC NEWS
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