What ‘biodegradable’ packaging really means – and 3 key questions to ask about it.Martin Zaki and Alessandra Sutti investigate. “Biodegradable” has become one of the most reassuring words in modern packaging. It appears on coffee cups, shopping bags and food containers, implying a promise: this product...
Pooria Pasbakhsh answers this and other messy recycling questions. Have you ever gone to toss something into the recycling bin – a jam jar, a pizza box, a takeaway container encrusted with yesterday’s lunch – and wondered if you’re doing it right? Perhaps you asked yourself:...
Mark Boulet & Kim Borg report how Festive celebrations can leave you with more than one kind of hangover – what to do with the debris of leftover food, gift wrapping, damaged decorations and mountains of plastic packaging? But with some preparation, a little restraint and...
