Best of Earth911 Podcast: The Product Stewardship Institute’s Scott Cassel on Growing Extended Producer Responsibility
Revisit an influential conversation that anticipated the growth of Extended producer responsibility (EPR), the idea...
The New Fix for Takeout Packaging Waste: Reusable-Container Networks
The disposable containers, cups, lids, and utensils that U.S. restaurants hand out add up to...
Europe Bans Vague Green Labels
On September 27, the word “sustainable” becomes illegal on a European product label unless the...
For Two Decades, the Salmon Count Was Wrong and Puget Sound’s Orcas Paid the Price
For more than 20 years, fisheries managers set Chinook salmon recovery goals, closed fishing seasons,...
How Precision Fermentation Could Rewrite Milk’s Climate Equation
Making just one kilogram of regular milk protein can release up to 72 kilograms of...
Sustainability In Your Ear: IFT’s Brendan Niemira on Why Food Science Is Climate Science
About a quarter of global greenhouse gas emissions come from the food system, but the...
Paper Towels, Tissues, and Napkins: America’s 13 Billion-Pound Waste Habit
40 pounds of paper towels per American per year. The United States is the world’s...
Sustainability In Your Ear: Emerald Packaging CEO Kevin Kelly Delivers Recycled Produce Packaging
Americans throw away nearly 5 million tons of film and flexible plastic packaging every year,...