Cotton cropping systems in China, such as the patchwork of farms along the Yangtze River Valley, are quite different from the large-scale systems used for cotton in the US and Australia.

Cotton is ideal for casual wear and ... It was a breeze to simply put them on and go without having to waste time ironing. Visible creases in your pants can be a pain, cramping your style and ...

click image for close-up In October of 1793, Eli Whitney sent a drawing of his new invention, the cotton gin, to Secretary of State Thomas Jefferson in application for a patent. Jefferson replied ...

The world’s generation of electronic waste is rising five times faster than documented e-waste recycling, the UN’s 4th Global E-waste Monitor (GEM) reveals ...

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but they also make up a big part of the plastic waste that’s now choking our oceans. PHOTOGRAPH BY PETER STACKPOLE, LIFE PICTURE COLLECTION/GETTY IMAGES After we’d steamed along for a while ...

But as much as you're meal planning and reducing your food waste, there are certain things you're just not going to eat — like banana peels, or, if you're me, a frightening amount of pineapple tops.

When any key on a keyboard is pressed, it needs to be converted into a binary number so that it can be processed by the computer and the typed character can appear on the screen.

Half of the districts of Paris have been hit by the refuse collectors' strike The bins are overflowing in large areas of Paris a week into a strike by waste collectors, with thousands of tonnes of ...

But this doesn't necessarily mean that shoppers buy fewer items overall. The waste charity Wrap argues that second-hand purchases are unlikely to replace more than 10% of new sales. It recommends ...