Food waste is a global problem, but in Sweden it is particularly prevalent – it is estimated that one fifth of all food is thrown away. This sparked an idea for the farmers’ cooperative Lantmannen, which has launched a dating website for singles interested in meeting up to create and share dishes made up from leftovers for the greenest possible first date.

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Because they’re typically made of fabric and wire that’s difficult to take apart and repurpose, used bras are among the hardest garments to recycle. But for women who are concerned about the environment (or who are worried about perverts picking through their trash), enter Triumph International, which is now accepting used bras in select Japanese stores and recycling them into power-generating fuel. Triumph started providing free plastic bags to customers in April and May, and it will convert them into refuse-paper-and-plastic fuel for industrial use.

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Because they’re typically made of fabric and wire that’s difficult to take apart and repurpose, used bras are among the hardest garments to recycle. But for women who are concerned about the environment (or who are worried about perverts picking through their trash), enter Triumph International, which is now accepting used bras in select Japanese stores and recycling them into power-generating fuel. Triumph started providing free plastic bags to customers in April and May, and it will convert them into refuse-paper-and-plastic fuel for industrial use.

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Coca-Cola is rolling out 100 percent recyclable display racks for its drinks, in what it calls an industry first.

The “Give it Back racks”, freestanding units made of corrugated cardboard, are designed for use in grocery and convenience stores.

Coca-Cola says the racks are a first step toward a comprehensive, closed-loop retail equipment program, in which the company will recover displays and reuse or recycle them. The corrugate displays will later be joined by a rack made entirely of recycled PET plastic.

In related news this week, Coca-Cola subsidiary Odwalla announced that it has finished transitioning all its bottles to 100 percent plant-based models, fulfilling a promise made in October. The high-density polyethylene (HDPE) plastic bottles are fully recyclable, the company says.