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I know about two different studies that investigated which funeral method has the smallest environmental impact. I will base my answer on the most recent study and then shortly discuss the differences …

municipality to decide whether people need to separate waste themselves (a.k.a. source separation) or do mechanical separation in a waste processing facility. … Another advantage is that separating waste requires people to think about their waste and raises awareness how much they generate. …

The charities sell the phones to local e-waste recyclers for somewhere between €1 and €3 per phone. Some charities even provide free envelopes so you can post the phones to them. … Option 4: Find an e-waste recycling company in your area If your phone manufacturer doesn't have a take-back program, I'd advice you to search for an e-waste recycling company yourself. …

It depends a bit how your waste processing facility handles the 'mixed waste' stream. … However this is very unlikely and chances are that the mixed waste is either landfilled or incinerated. In both cases it is a waste of resources. …

1. Try to reuse Reuse is always better than recycling or disposal because 1) it saves energy that is used in the recycling process and 2) it saves energy and materials for manufacturing and transport …

This is one of the reasons why current research on recycling is focusing primarily on this waste stream. … The other waste streams get very little attention because they generally work well (perhaps with the exception of electronics recycling and construction waste). …

You can compost vegetable oil but when doing aerobic composting the disadvantage is that oil will reduce the amount of air that can get in your compost heap. If you add too much oil and/or don't aerat …

As with most candy wrappers, it's a combination of plastic and aluminium also known as metallised plastic or metallised film. The material is hard to recycle because it's difficult to separate the two …

First of all, EROI depends on the calculation method (what is included and excluded), on the production method, and on the used resources. This means that there isn't one uniform EROI for biogas. It c …

While reading your question I get the feeling there are some misconceptions here, so let me start by clarifying a few things: Paper cups are not solely made of paper but have a plastic or wax lining …

Soop uses organic waste streams such as coffee ground and orange peels to manufacture soap bars Ruik uses coffee grounds, orange peels and christmas trees as ingredients to make their parfumes A Dutch …

There is a market for human hair: Hair can be sold to people who create wigs or hair extensions. There is even an online calculator to determine the value of your hair. Apparently hair is a good an …

Plastic’s reputation fell further in the 1970s and 1980s as anxiety about waste increased (source) …

The most sustainable way is reuse. Perhaps you can eat the leftovers later, or use it as ingredients for soup. As others have also suggested here, you can feed leftovers to animals if you have them ( …

Additionally plastic-aluminium composites only form a relatively small-volume waste stream, which makes it difficult to make the recycling process economical. … That's because different recycling companies make different choices as to which types of waste they process and how exactly they collect and process it. …