‘Plastic recycling is a myth’: what really happens to your rubbish?

You sort your recycling, leave it to be collected – and then what? From councils burning the lot to foreign landfill sites overflowing with British rubbish, Oliver Franklin-Wallis reports on a global waste crisis

G7 and fashion houses join forces to make clothes more sustainable

Climate crisis pushes retailers to reduce their impact on the environment

Are crystals the new blood diamonds?

Gwyneth loves them, Adele can’t sing without them and Kim Kardashian uses them to deal with stress. Many of us are lured by their beauty and promise of mystical powers, but are ‘healing’ crystals connecting us to the earth – or harming it?

The five 2019 Rolex Awards Laureates and their inspiring projects that will improve life on the planet

    Rolex, the Swiss luxury watch manufacturer based in Geneva, Switzerland, named the five 2019 Rolex Awards Laureates who will receive funding and other benefits for their inspiring projects that will bring a ray of hope for our planet. The Rolex Awards for Enterprise were established in 1976 to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the … Read more

Museum of underwater art to open on Australia’s Great Barrier Reef

Submerged sculptures and others that appear at low tide to be installed at several Queensland sites, as part of a project that also aims to rehabilitate sections of the reef

The best refillable lipsticks

Finally there are alternatives to single-use plastic lippy containers – albeit mainly at the pricey end of the market