World Changing

Eric Lombardi, the waste-management guru behind Boulder, Colo.-based recycler Eco-Cycle, is fighting incinerators around the world with a vision. Although his Zero-Waste Park may never be built, he has been able to use the artistic plan as an effective tool for discussion that has allowed city planners to consider alternative solutions.

World Changing

Can we imagine a day when, having sorted out our recyclables and compost-ables, then responsibly earmarked our “still perfectly good” stuff for reuse, we’ll have no trash left to drag to the curb? What are the solutions that will take the developed world from our current rates of over-consumption to zero waste?

The Observer

This year’s festivals are set to be the greenest yet as events promoters and the music industry sign up to environmentally friendly initiatives. Biodegradable tent pegs, reusable beer cups, solar-powered stages and car-share schemes are some of the measures being introduced.