Look at what basics you’re binning. “Chefs talk about what to do with carrot tops or whey from cheese, but that’s not where we need to make changes,” says Feast food writer Anna Jones. “It’s the milk poured down the sink and stale bread – the items we don’t put as much value on.” Jones tears up bread to freeze for instant croutons, or whizzes it into breadcrumbs for adding to croustades, pastas and salads. If oats have already been made into porridge, follow Claire Thomson, chef and author of The Art Of The Larder (Quadrille, £25), and substitute for some of the flour and water in bread dough.

Wetherspoons has become the first large business to stop using receipts after customers complained of mess and the waste of paper.

India's biggest online retailer is giving itself less than two years to stop using single-use plastic when shipping its products. Flipkart, the Indian e-commerce company owned by Walmart, said Thursday it would eliminate single-use plastic in packaging by March 2021. It also committed to "move towards 100% recycled plastic consumption" in its supply chain by the same date.

Plastic “bags for life” should be banned or raised in price, campaigners say, as new figures reveal a surge in the bags is fuelling a rise in the plastic packaging footprint of leading supermarkets. Despite high profile promises by the country’s best known supermarkets to tackle the amount of plastic waste they create, their plastic footprint continues to rise, according to research from the Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA) and Greenpeace.

The evidence is overwhelming that single-use plastics are harming wildlife.

Starting Thursday, Starbucks customers will have the option to save their planet - and their wallets - a dime at a time. The coffee giant is offering $1 plastic cups, which can be reused for drink purchases at a discount of ten cents.

Back in 2009, President Obama’s “Cash for Clunkers” program was supposed to be a boon for the environment and the economy. During a limited time, consumers could trade in an old gas-guzzling used car for up to $4,500 cash back towards the purchase of a fuel-efficient new car.

More than $100 billion is spent every year on bottled water globally.

Eco-friendly and green gift wrap can mean a lot of things, but for me, this means to reuse and recycle as much as possible.

Nestled among the granite peaks of eastern Hong Kong a new, man-made mountain is emerging.

Findings released by the scientists behind the study showed that annual premature deaths caused by particulate air pollution have increased six fold since 2000.

In The Wall Street Journal, Bjorn Lomborg writes that producing and charging electric cars means heavy carbon-dioxide emissions.

When we imagine the future of environmentally sustainable cities, it's common to depict them as forests of skyscrapers with, well, forests on them. But environmental writer Tim De Chant says that architects and futurists need to get real. Skyscrapers will never support trees. Here's why.

In prepping for Earth Day, we got to thinking about all the awesome ways you can repurpose materials that would normally be discarded. As we started searching for eco-chic inspiration, we came across a plethora of dresses, frocks, and gowns made from everything from plastic bags to candy wrappers. Here are 15 of our favorite “trashy” fashions.

Tesla’s making money, sales are up, and plug-in prices are coming down in a big way.

Who says mason jars are the only containers hot on the re-purposing scene? Bottles are where it’s at, especially after poppin’ bottles in the ice, like a blizzard.

The ongoing war between your desire to save money, save the earth, and save your house from dust and dirt can now end peacefully. Here are 6 all natural and all powerful cleaners that will cost you hardly anything, contain nothing toxic, and have incredible cleaning powers.

Global air pollution contributes to the premature deaths of more than 2 million adults each year, according to new research.

Guy decides to convert his "useless" lawn into a veggie garden that hosts a slew of vegetables from Carrots & Beats to Lettuce and Radishes. Although this may look great during the gardening season, I highly doubt it will look good during the "off season" months. I still have to say, his efforts are commendable.

With the heatwave sweeping the country, an urban air conditioning addiction is also on the rise. For those of us lucky enough to have it at work or at home, the generated air is an easy (if pricey) comfort that often leaves us avoiding the foreign realm of the outdoors. However, air conditioning wasn’t always there for us to fall back on so easily. Believe it or not, architecture can help us alleviate some of the heat.