In their disposable cups

Copy eraser

Network

A sector that wants space

Two dead and many questions

Fires at Alang shipbreaking yard are frequent, accidents inevitable

The Wasted Earth

Waste has become a global problem, and is demanding curative technologies that require almost preternatural efficiency to execute. And that keep …

The reanimators

Best out of waste? These scientists have taken it further, making a supercomputer out of electronic "junk"

Fashion sans catwalk

Fashion>> Waste • Brazil

Taking the stink out of urinals

A sewage treatment technology is now being used to recycle wastewater in urinals

The paper society

Japan's trashbins give it back half the paper it uses and reuses

Right move

Radioactive Crime

Moneyspinning "cashcows"

Initially born as the good samaritan environmentalist's brainchild, recycling now smacks of a lot of hard cash

What a waste

The government is yet to decide what stand to take on the international trade in recyclable waste as banning it completely will hit industry hard

Green way to recycle paper

Bacterial enzymes can replace chemicals in recycling

Easy solution

BRAZIL

Moneymakers

Pariahs, no more?

Zimbabwe's urban farmers are finally being seen as answers to its development ills

Handy manual

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'Green' manufacturing

Green product design could be a solution to depleting levels of the Earth's mineral resources

In strict confidence

A Sri Lankan company profits by recycling confidential paper

The waste of nations

There is a seamier aspect to the outsourcing boom: waste

And you thought tissue was no issue

Take your discards elsewhere