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A Wartime Wife's Thrifty Tips: A Case Study
“Make do and mend,” we called it, remembers Denise Mansell, “so all this recycling malarkey that everyone’s going on about these days isn’t that...
Bacteria Brew Plastic from Wastewater
Eat more than you need, and your body soon begins to stockpile the excess in a range of new unwanted curves; strange though it may sound, many...
Campaigning Student Encourages Sustainability: A Case Study
Lots of us take our recycling seriously – but London student, Emily Kenway, has gone a step further.
Emily, 23, is passionate about...
Cleaning Up Recycled Water With Reeds: Case Study
Water may be the world’s most endlessly recycled material, but when it comes to turning wastewater into something clean and wholesome enough to...
From Landfill Site to Environmental Park: A Case Study
The largest landfill site in Israel, named the Hiriya, has recently been turned into an innovative environmental education centre and a...
Haiti's Earthquake Changed My View of Recycling: A Case Study
“What I knew about Haiti, I’d learnt from my grandmother,” admits Odette Saint-Baptiste, “but nothing prepared me for what I saw stepping off...
Making Water Fit to Drink - With Tree Seeds!
In Britain, we tend to be pretty blasé about our water. Turn on the tap and there it is – and what a fuss we make if the water companies tell us...
NASA's Revolutionary Approach to Recycling Sewage
Sewage treatment isn’t rocket science, but if NASA’s latest idea for recycling wastewater is anything to go by, sometimes it can get pretty...
Power from Sewage in Wales: Case Study
Power from poo – it’s an interesting, if slightly unsavoury, thought, and the water industry has been making it a reality for decades on a fairly...
Recycling Campaign to Help Sick Babies: A Case Study
Robyn Browne didn’t set out to launch her own mini campaign; that was something which, as she puts it, “other people did; not people like me.”...
Turning Cast Off Clothes Into Art: A Case Study
North university graduate, Beth Potts, never has a problem deciding what to do with her unwanted clothes.
Beth, 22, from Heywood in...
Turning Italian Rubbish Into Energy: Case Study
One of the most attractive features of anaerobic digestion (AD) is its potential to turn waste with a significantly high organic content into...
Turning Seashore Rubbish Into Knitted Art: Case Study
For most people, the assorted flotsam and jetsam discarded by everything from cruise ships to fishing boats, coupled with the scattered remains...
Turning Winery Wastewater Into Power: A Case Study
For most industries, wastewater tends to be looked upon as a bit of a problem that needs to be treated and then disposed of properly, rather than...
Using Algae to Clean Up Agriculture
Everyone seems to be talking about algae nowadays; these simple plants seem to have gone from being the most unwanted guest in our garden ponds to the bright new...
