Business

The restaurant and fashion industries are often and rightly critiqued for the mountains of landfill waste they produce, but the same can—and really should—be said about cosmetics and hygiene products. In response, an Ivorian immigrant to Arizona has created a fully compostable, plant-based refillable skincare dispenser made of sugarcane and bamboo…

Firms that conduct exploratory surveys for oil drilling have been sitting on mountains of geologic data that are now used to locate hidden aquifers of water for African communities. Two-thirds of the African population is affected by water scarcity, but while this basic human necessity costs so little, the costs of…

A group of 200 UK businesses and charities have signed a pledge that company work weeks will be shortened to 4 days without a loss in pay Including marketing and advertisement; tech, it, and software; and charity groups as well, the companies employ more than 5,000 people. Organized by the 4…

When a pizza delivery driver walked away from the door of an affluent house with nothing but a $2 tip, he didn’t realize it would change his life. $2 dollars doesn’t sound like much, but it earned the attention of a local police officer, who, astounded and distraught with the lack…

Three years after the Danish city of Aarhus launched an initiative to cut back on carry-out coffee cups, three-quarters of a million cups have been reused. This has resulted in €514,000 being paid out in the form of little €70-cent rebates to conscious consumers who return their coffee cups to depositories…

A local entrepreneur in Tanzania is clearing two hurdles in one leap by transforming old cement bags into backpacks that include a small solar panel to power a reading light. By clearing municipal waste and helping rural children study after dark, the bags won the backing of the United Nations Development…