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French law forbids food waste by supermarkets ... France has become the first country in the world to ban supermarkets from throwing ... In December a bill on the issue passed through the national assembly, having been

24 Dec 2018 2 minute read

When it is illegal to waste food

By supermarkets, that is. Timothy Baster and Isabelle Merminod on the progress of a much-...

20 Dec 2018 2 minute read

Dirty work: a photo essay

Dirty Work showcases the everyday lives of those making a living in the waste trade.

the packaging industry is not taking responsibility waste is not just an issue for the individual

13 Dec 2018 4 minute read

It’s all down to you

Dinyar Godrej explains why the packaging industry loves shunting the blame on individual consumers

The Chinese waste ban is giving the global recycling industry an enormous headache. ... Beijing has last year banned the imports of 24 varieties of solid waste, including types of plastic and unsorted paper.

5 Dec 2018 7 minute read

No more of your junk

Adam Liebman explains why we need a less rosy notion of what actually happens to our recycling.

3 Dec 2018 6 minute read

COP24: Who are these UN climate meetings for?

Nick Dowson highlights the issues up for debate, obstacles to negotiations and where all this leaves the...

Lebanon’s trash #StopTheBurning campaign last week after it was revealed that staff at the landfills had been instructed to burn the vast amounts of garbage leftover by the 2015 crisis.

27 Nov 2018 4 minute read

Fighting the big burn: Lebanon's waste dilemma

The mismanagement of Lebanon’s trash has brought citizens onto the streets – and the latest plans are also stoking outrage....

Cairo’s garbage problems are often solved by the Zabaleen community

22 Nov 2018 4 minute read

Pick of the heap: Cairo's wasteland

Attempts to solve Cairo’s garbage problems come up against a community whose livelihoods depend on refuse. Hisham...

20 Nov 2018 2 minute read

How we chose the cover of NI516

A dump in Cambodia and a child waste-picker to show that our waste never really disappear.

21 Oct 2018 2 minute read

Editor’s letter: deep disconnect

Co-editor Dinyar Godrej pens an opening letter for the latest magazine: 'The dirt on waste'

Glyphosate and Roundup: a Monsanto protestor. Photo: Donna Cleveland, CC-BY-2.0

22 Aug 2018 5 minute read

Time for Roundup to wind up?

After decades muddying the science, Monsanto may at last account for its weedkiller’s effects, writes Claire...

5 Aug 2018 2 minute read

The carbon bubble

Yohann Koshy looks at the impending catastrophe linking the stock market to climate change.

22 Jul 2018 3 minute read

Walter Aduviri – hero or criminal?

Human rights defenders are being criminalized in Peru. John Crabtree highlights the unusual case of Walter...

26 Jun 2018 5 minute read

Shell’s festival of unbelievable bullshit

Make the Future is the latest in flimsy greenwash PR from an oil company pretending it can save the world from oil companies...

18 Jun 2018 4 minute read

Why we’re challenging UK Oil and Gas

Six women are fighting an injunction against drilling protests. Vicki Elcoate explains why

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U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Saratoga anchored at the Diego Garcia naval base in the 1980s.

11 Jun 2018 7 minute read

‘Catastrophic’ explosion risk on Diego Garcia

Revealed: Ships at the controversial naval base are crammed dangerously close. Katie McQue reports.

5 Jun 2018 5 minute read

If we all became vegan tomorrow

The Guardian repeats the myth that becoming vegan is the ‘single biggest way’ to reduce your impact on Earth....

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