Designers are rethinking our relationship with waste and developing new solutions to the plastic problem. At the current Waste Age exhibition at the London Design Museum, the spotlight was placed on the negative environmental consequences of our throwaway culture and the harmful impact our waste is having on the oceans.

Read about the exhibit and the future of plastic waste in this week’s blog.

Oceans are home to some of the most beautiful places on earth. They house millions of animal species, affect weather patterns and support numerous human populations by providing food. Our oceans are magnificent natural resources that are unfortunately becoming more and more endangered by plastic pollution every year.

Read on to learn more about the impact of plastics on sea life and what you can do to prevent harmful plastic pollution.

Even though there is still plenty to do in 2021 in the battle against climate change, ecocide and social inequalities, 2020 also brought us a plethora of positive changes which deserve to be celebrated.

Now is the time to look back and to recap some of the success stories. Keep reading to look back on some of the biggest environmental wins of 2020.

Sustainability and reusable items have come into the spotlight of consumer trends in recent years, which has inspired the rise in the market of single-use plastic alternatives. Unfortunately, since the coronavirus outbreak the sustainability movement has regressed from its previous progress in the fight against single-use plastics.

The fear over the virus has been the biggest driver of this new pro-plastic movement which has reversed plastic bans in the U.S. and beyond. This blog will examine the renewed demand for plastics, the myth of plastic being considered “safer” and how the coronavirus will impact sustainability from innovative solutions to consumer mindsets.

What is a cigarette filter made out of? The answer is plastic.

Many smokers and non-smokers are now just beginning to realize that cigarette butts have long been our biggest source of forgotten plastic. In this blog, I will discuss the environmental implications of cigarette butt pollution, followed by revelations that I had while taking part in a city-wide cleanup in Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

The EU is making changes to #GoGreenForTheBigBlue!

Just this week lawmakers have approved measures that may lead to the ban of single-use plastics by 2021, which is great news for our oceans!

Check out this week’s blog for more information on how the EU Commission plans to finally toss away single-use plastics for good.