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And huge thanks to our marvelous art editor Bethany forher work on the visuals and the video up top! Please enjoy the photography and vivid hand-drawn flowers crafted to inspire waste rethinking. [14/14]
November 21, 2025 at 2:57 AM
Are we consumers or people? Pauline Deutz challenges how sustainability research frames human, calling for inclusive, people-first approaches to drive real change in #CircularEconomy and waste management. #Sustainability [13/14] www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Reframing people in circular economy and sustainable waste management research - Nature Human Behaviour
This Perspective urges a shift away from viewing people as ‘consumers’ in circular economy and sustainable waste management research, highlighting a need for human-centred methods to better understand...
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November 21, 2025 at 2:56 AM
This Comment from Riccardo Torelli calls for business to adopt zero-waste principles, supported by corporate governance that's inclusive and incentivises waste reduction. #ZeroWaste [12/14] www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Corporate transformation is key to achieving zero waste - Nature Human Behaviour
Corporate waste strategies are limited, and recycling is not enough to solve the global waste crisis. This Comment highlights the urgent need for businesses to adopt zero-waste principles by redesigni...
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November 21, 2025 at 2:55 AM
Sebastián Carenzo writes about the contrast between the “virtuous narrative” of the circular economy and the marginalisation of grassroots recyclers. #recyclers #CircularEconomy [11/14] www.nature.com/articles/s41...
The circular economy is leaving workers behind - Nature Human Behaviour
Nature Human Behaviour - The circular economy is leaving workers behind
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November 21, 2025 at 2:55 AM
Cultural awareness is important in waste management, argues Anderson Assuah in this World View. #culture [10/14] www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Why culture is key to waste management - Nature Human Behaviour
Anderson Assuah teaches and promotes sustainability strategies in Canada. In this World View, he discusses the role of culture in waste management.
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November 21, 2025 at 2:49 AM
And huge thanks to our marvelous art editor Bethany for the visuals and the video up top! Please enjoy the photography and hand-drawn flowers crafted to inspire waste rethinking. [14/14]
November 21, 2025 at 2:44 AM
Are we consumers or people? Pauline Deutz challenges how sustainability research frames human, calling for inclusive, people-first approaches to drive real change in #CircularEconomy and waste management. #Sustainability [13/14] www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Reframing people in circular economy and sustainable waste management research - Nature Human Behaviour
This Perspective urges a shift away from viewing people as ‘consumers’ in circular economy and sustainable waste management research, highlighting a need for human-centred methods to better understand...
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November 21, 2025 at 2:40 AM
This Comment from Riccardo Torelli calls for business to adopt zero-waste principles, supported by corporate governance that's inclusive and incentivises waste reduction. #ZeroWaste [12/14] www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Corporate transformation is key to achieving zero waste - Nature Human Behaviour
Corporate waste strategies are limited, and recycling is not enough to solve the global waste crisis. This Comment highlights the urgent need for businesses to adopt zero-waste principles by redesigni...
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November 21, 2025 at 2:40 AM
We can’t tackle food waste without tackling hunger, writes Ioana Balan #FoodSecurity #FoodWaste #ZeroHunger [9/14] www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Addressing food waste and hunger together - Nature Human Behaviour
Nature Human Behaviour - Addressing food waste and hunger together
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November 21, 2025 at 2:37 AM
In this Comment, Tapper and colleagues write about reducing household food waste, and a comparison with obesity. #FoodWaste [8/14] www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Making household food waste reduction easier - Nature Human Behaviour
Households waste huge amounts of food, which leads to considerable financial costs for individuals and substantial contributions to CO2 emissions. But this is a complex problem to address. In this Com...
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November 21, 2025 at 2:36 AM
Electronic waste is a growing public health threat, writes Sarker Masud Parvez. Tackling it demands not only global cooperation but also stronger domestic action. #ewaste #health [6/14] www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Electronic waste is a public health crisis that demands urgent action - Nature Human Behaviour
Nature Human Behaviour - Electronic waste is a public health crisis that demands urgent action
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November 21, 2025 at 2:34 AM
Brazilian communities are suffering from waste colonialism. Maria Raquel Passos Lima explains why polluters must pay and affected communities must lead the solutions. #WasteColonialism [5/14] www.nature.com/articles/s41...
To decolonize waste, we must make sure the polluter pays - Nature Human Behaviour
Maria Raquel Lima is based in Brazil, where communities suffer owing to waste colonialism. She explains why polluters must pay and affected communities must lead the solutions.
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November 21, 2025 at 2:33 AM
A quiet revolution is helping turn waste crisis into economic opportunities in the Global South, writes economist George Baffour Awuah. Scaling it requires a supportive ecosystem. #WasteTransformation #EPR [4/14] www.nature.com/articles/s41...
A quiet revolution is turning the waste crisis into opportunity - Nature Human Behaviour
Economist George Baffour Awuah discusses how a quiet revolution is helping to turn a waste crisis to economic opportunity in the Global South. But for scale, a supportive ecosystem is required.
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November 21, 2025 at 2:29 AM
Waste pickers are often invisible in climate discourse. Sonia Dias discusses their role in climate resilience and what we can learn from their lived experience. #wastepickers #ClimateResilience #COP30 [3/14] www.nature.com/articles/s41...
The hidden role of waste pickers in climate resilience - Nature Human Behaviour
Waste pickers are often invisible in climate discourse. Waste specialist Sonia Dias discusses their essential part in climate resilience and what we can learn from their experience.
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November 21, 2025 at 2:28 AM
Our Editorial opens the issue: waste management works better when we put people first. [2/14] www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Putting people first in waste management - Nature Human Behaviour
Waste is not only a material issue but also a social one. Our Focus on waste highlights the crucial role of the human perspective, and calls for the recentring of human experience, equity and local kn...
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November 21, 2025 at 2:25 AM