Our roundup of the month’s most important stories
‘Recycled’ shoes tracked to an Indonesian flea market
A shocking report from Reuters exposes a “recycling scheme” from Dow Chemicals. It promised that old trainers would be turned into playgrounds and roads, but tracking devices found the waste had been exported to Indonesia instead.
Kenya is the dumping group for donated clothes
New mini-documentary ‘Trashion’ reveals that in Kenya, half of donated clothes sent from overseas are poor quality, plastic fast fashion. These unusable garments are piling up, causing an environmental crisis in the country.
Plastic to fuel’s cancer risk is 250,000 times accepted level
Plastic-to-fuel production increases the risk of getting cancer to 1 in 4 over a lifetime – 250,000 times above the accepted level. So why is the American Environmental Protection Agency allowing this to go ahead in poor communities?
Tinder for vegetables? New app will help to reduce food waste
A new app launched by Oddbox will help reduce food waste by providing recipes inspired by vegetable pairing in their Tinder-style app. Swipe left or right on the vegetables to get a match made in heaven for your dinner!
Trash Hero Mersing supports glass recycling project
“Let’s Recycle Glass Bottles” challenged primary schools to collect 10 tonnes of glass in a local competition. The goal was smashed, and a total of 24 tonnes was collected, with the help of Trash Hero Mersing at their weekly cleanups. The success of the initiative has inspired a yearly event.
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