Waste

Last weekend Goumbook launched the nation-wide “Refill Champions” youth ambassadorship program, raising awareness on issues related to bottled drinking water in the region compared to…
Countless news articles and many non-governmental organizations (NGOs) would seem to agree—single-use plastic is the current poster child for everything wrong with stewardship of our…
COVID-19 triggered an estimated global use of 129 billion face masks and 65 billion gloves every month. If we stitched together all of the masks…
SDG 12 demands a transition towards improved resource efficiency, consideration of the entire life cycle of economic activities, and active global engagement in multilateral environmental…
Even as the world works to stop the novel coronavirus and begin recovering from it, we also need to act now to avoid a climate…
Bee’ah, the Middle East’s leading sustainability pioneer, announced that it will convert 47 hectares of Al Saja’a landfill area into a state-of-the-art solar energy facility…
The best way to build resilience against future pandemics and the impact of climate change is to move to a circular economy. Doing so could…
Aluminium can play a big role in the transition to a low carbon economy A circular economy approach could reduce emissions from the production of…
There is an obvious link between decluttering and living a low impact life. It reduces our own consumption of course. And, by moving stuff we…
Becoming Zero Waste is not something that happens overnight according to Doua Benhida, Founder of The Zero Waste Collective. She started her journey nearly two…