Waste Archives - Positive News Good journalism about good things Tue, 09 Dec 2025 12:13:57 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.positive.news/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/cropped-P.N_Icon_Navy-150x150.png Waste Archives - Positive News 32 32 How to avoid plastic tat killing the Christmas buzz https://www.positive.news/society/christmas-presents-how-to-avoid-plastic-tat-killing-the-buzz/ Tue, 09 Dec 2025 09:30:50 +0000 https://www.positive.news/?p=556159 Want the kids to have cool Christmas presents that aren’t tomorrow’s landfill? Here are five tips to swerve the tat

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]]> The old instruments bringing new opportunities to young lives https://www.positive.news/lifestyle/arts/the-instruments-that-lived/ Wed, 26 Nov 2025 07:00:52 +0000 https://www.positive.news/?p=553164 A growing number of UK schemes are giving used instruments, and the children who play them, a second chance

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]]> The Indian designers turning waste into art – and insult into pride https://www.positive.news/lifestyle/arts/an-indian-design-brand-turns-waste-into-sustainable-accessories/ Mon, 24 Nov 2025 07:00:36 +0000 https://www.positive.news/?p=553234 Persecuted craftspeople in Mumbai are transforming old tyres into sustainable accessories beloved by celebs

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]]> The decommissioned wind turbine that became a tiny home
 https://www.positive.news/society/the-decommissioned-wind-turbine-that-became-a-tiny-home/ Tue, 15 Apr 2025 11:30:18 +0000 https://www.positive.news/?p=523274 Part of an old turbine has been transformed into a house in a bid to prove that these structures can have a meaningful second life


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]]> Six ways to head towards a zero-waste home kitchen https://www.positive.news/society/how-to-head-towards-a-zero-waste-home-kitchen/ Tue, 27 Feb 2024 10:29:40 +0000 https://www.positive.news/?p=471646 Reaching zero-waste in a home kitchen can feel an impossible ambition. Here are six ways to begin

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]]> Welcome to the world’s first zero-waste island https://www.positive.news/society/tilos-the-worlds-first-zero-waste-island/ Mon, 21 Aug 2023 11:29:21 +0000 https://www.positive.news/?p=444734 A tiny Greek island has undergone a green revolution, becoming energy self-sufficient and permanently closing its landfill site

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]]> Surfing has a dirty secret. These board riders are cleaning it up https://www.positive.news/economics/good-business/the-board-riders-cleaning-up-surfings-dirty-secret/ Fri, 09 Jun 2023 11:36:40 +0000 https://www.positive.news/?p=436287 Synonymous with a lifestyle that’s in tune with nature, surfing is not as green as it appears. But solutions are on the horizon

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]]> Six bright ideas to wipe out waste https://www.positive.news/society/six-bright-ideas-to-wipe-out-waste-circular-economy/ Tue, 11 Apr 2023 13:44:41 +0000 https://www.positive.news/?p=430273 From mushroom packaging to an app that’s helping clean the Nile, these solutions to pollution are up for a prestigious award

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]]> Scrapping use-by dates would slash food waste – here’s what else could help https://www.positive.news/environment/smart-solutions-to-food-waste/ Wed, 10 Aug 2022 10:00:01 +0000 https://www.positive.news/?p=400165 Use-by dates increase food waste, prompting some supermarkets to shelve them. But what else can be done to reduce wastage?

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]]> A road surface not to be sniffed at: the highway made of used nappies https://www.positive.news/environment/the-highway-made-of-used-nappies/ Tue, 03 May 2022 10:06:13 +0000 https://www.positive.news/?p=391391 In what is believed to be a world first, a Welsh firm has turned used nappies in to a road surface. Will the idea gain traction?

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