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The Sustainable Future Town of Your Imagination Take a walk into the future in a British city where housing is sustainable, energy is locally owned, food is abundant, and the work week is just three days long! Built 15 years ago as part of a sustainable construction initiative throughout this city, a three-story apartment complex costs…

Stickers keep fruit fresh longer and help avoid food waste Roughly a third of all the food produced around the world goes to waste. Extending the shelf life of fresh fruit and veggies could be an absolute game changer in the food industry. A simple sticker can add an extra 14 days of freshness, says StixFresh….

Bellingham considers taking this environmental step two years before Washington law ​Bellingham City Council members will consider a measure to ban Styrofoam and other kinds of single-use plastics to reduce the amount of plastic going into the waste stream as recycling becomes more difficult. Who does this affect? Bellingham restaurants, grocery stores, lodging, and other…

Making the case for reusable silicone food storage bags ​The average American family uses 500 Ziploc bags every year. If all those bags are thrown away, that quickly adds up to a massive amount of plastic going into local landfills and incinerators. Reusable silicone food storage bags are a better choice than plastic throw-away bags. Silicone is arguably more environmentally…

But is it recyclable?  There’s a huge discrepancy between how consumers believe recycling works and the system that actually exists. Companies need to do better. If you’re like most American consumers, the term compostable plastic evokes images of plastic bags and packaging gently decomposing into dirt over the course of a few months. It’s reasonable to think…

Forget Silicon. This Material Could Be A Game-Changer For Solar PowerSolar energy is poised for what could be its biggest transformation in over half a century. A group of materials called perovskites are being used to create the next generation of solar panels, which could eventually be twice as efficient as current models, and flexible…