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Your old, unwanted clothes can be turned into building materials

3 November 2018

Every year millions of tonnes of clothes are sent to landfill. A new project shows how they could be reused as tiles and panels for home interiors

Mystery ozone-destroying gases linked to badly recycled fridges

24 May 2018

Last week we learned a chemical that harms the ozone layer is being emitted in Asia – and now it seems sloppy recycling might be partly to blame

Fertiliser feeds us but trashes the climate – now there's a fix

15 May 2018

The way we make ammonia for fertilizer was developed a century ago and produces more than 1 per cent of all carbon emissions. Now we may have a replacement

Acid bath: The new threat to lakes and rivers

25 April 2018

Freshwater acidification was supposed to be a thing of the past, but it’s back and it could be even worse this time

Green is the new black: Redesigning clothes to save the planet

21 February 2018

The clothes on your back are responsible for huge amounts of pollution – but lab-grown fabrics and changes to our fashion habits can make a big difference