Repair at home headphones – the sustainable choice?

New headphones have hit the market that can be disassembled with a screwdriver into nine separate parts – to stop you buying an entirely new pair

Road decarbonisation competition launches

The seven successful applicants are sharing a £30m fund

Tesla raises prices of EVs as supply chain worsens

The crisis in Russia and Ukraine has led to key materials in EV production rising by up to 250%

US announces $150m to cut emissions from energy tech and manufacturing

It will support topics in basic chemical and materials research, including new clean energy approaches, which are expected to help towards the development of solar and nuclear energy technologies, energy storage, carbon capture and novel manufacturing processes

Defra asked to secure recycling collections amid lockdown

‘Vital supply of good quality packaging material’ is facing a shortage as retail outlets close their shutters

Up to $20m offered to tackle material challenges in coal and gas production

The programme is intended to improve overall costs, performance and reliability of fossil fuel electricity generation

Efficient use of materials for homes and cars ‘key to cutting emissions’

New analysis suggests CO2 equivalent emissions could be reduced by up to 25 gigatons between 2016 and 2060 across the G7 countries

Resource extraction
Global resource extraction ‘has more than tripled since 1970’

UN Environment says the annual extraction of materials grew from 27 billion tonnes to 92 billion tonnes over the period

Samsonite sustainable suitcases
Samsonite zips up sustainable suitcases with new offering

It has launched a new range of luggage made of recycled plastic bottles and reused polypropylene

Global resource consumption ‘to double by 2060’

The OECD expects extraction of biomass, fossil fuels, metals and non-metallic minerals to soar