Sustainability

It's wheelie bad news for Bristolians as the council has said its going to be the first in the country to collect black bins just once a monthBristol City Council needs to make savings amid rising waste service costs and also wants to…

SpaceX is seeking approval for changes to Starlink that the company says will enable gigabit-per-second broadband service. In an application submitted to the US Federal Communications Commission on October 11, SpaceX claims the requested…

In the past two years the French capital has been in the throes of AI fever and has launched some of Europe’s most talked-about startups, including Mistral, which is currently valued at $6.2 billion (£4.7 billion). That’s partly down to the…

Gen Z is falling behind on recycling, trailing behind older folks who've nailed the eco-friendly practice.A survey of 2,000 adults showed that the supposed green youngsters are more likely to chuck stuff in the trash rather than recycle.…

This story originally appeared in Grist and is part of the Climate Desk collaboration.In 2023, the fast-fashion giant Shein was everywhere. Crisscrossing the globe, airplanes ferried small packages of its ultra-cheap clothing from thousands…

“Amazon prides itself on being an ambitious and innovative company, but it’s making quite a problem for itself with its air freight cargo growth,” Archer says. “If Amazon is serious about climate progress, that’s a really easy place to…

Brits have aired their frustrations over supermarket packaging nightmares, with 'easy peel' corners that are anything but topping the list of woes. The survey of 2,000 adults also revealed that over-packaged fruit and veg, non-recyclable…

A survey of 1,000 young guns aged between 8 and 16 has revealed that British kids are more eco-savvy than their American mates.A whopping 47% of UK kiddos are dreaming of driving around in an electric vehicle for their first ride, 41% of…

Aaron Damigos’ inbox was hit with a dreaded, ubiquitous business-update calendar invite on June 3. The meeting included someone from HR, his manager, and upper management—and ultimately resulted in the sudden end to his job as a web support…

In what way?If memes are intended to circulate across boundaries and through different publics and intimacies, lynching postcards were among the first memes. Lynching postcards traveled across state lines. They literally were a form of…