The delivery driver who takes away your rubbish →
Buying stuff online means more parcels are being delivered to people's homes. One city has found a clever way to make sure this doesn't mean more lorries on its roads. BBC NEWS
Read MoreIt may have just gotten a lot easier to sue Exxon and Shell for climate change devastation →
A new investigation provides the most “robust” evidence yet connecting fossil fuel companies to climate-related human rights violations, legal experts say. HUFFPOST
Read MoreThis hydrogen-powered truck could help lower the footprint of the mining industry →
Mining is a dirty business, but we need to keep doing it to power the transition to renewables. This new truck is designed to eliminate one of the industry’s main sources of emissions. FAST COMPANY
Read MoreRewilding Finland after mining →
The Finnish community of Selkie is leading the rewilding of rivers, lakes and carbon-rich peatlands damaged by mining. THE ECOLOGIST
Read MoreWhy are there so few prisoners in the Netherlands? →
The Dutch justice system is cutting jail populations by offering specialist rehabilitation to people with mental illnesses. THE GUARDIAN
Read MoreIs artificial-womb technology a tool for women’s liberation? →
First, there are the therapeutic benefits it promises. Second, the technology could have important social benefits for women. AEON
Read MoreHawaii’s most populated island passes sweeping single-use plastic ban →
Honolulu passed a bill banning most plastic utensils, food containers and straws on the island of Oahu, where almost 70% of the state's residents live. HUFFPOST
Read MoreCancer treatment trial: Chemotherapy 'could become more effective' →
In a world first, doctors in the UK are trialling an innovative new way of delivering targeted chemotherapy to cancer tumours, which could improve treatment and lead to fewer side effects for patients. BBC NEWS
Read MoreHomelessness is not inevitable and can be solved – these cities show us how →
Big national strategies often struggle to make progress but, from Trieste to Helsinki, individual cities are reducing – and even ending – homelessness . THE GUARDIAN
Read MoreReport: Facial recognition should be banned from everyday life →
AI Now’s report argues that because AI tools like facial recognition, and especially emotion-detecting algorithms, can be highly inaccurate — and propagate systematic racial and gender biases — they should be removed from society. FUTURISM
Read MoreThe Ocean Cleanup device has returned from the Pacific Garbage Patch with its first load of plastic →
Now the plan is to recycle that plastic into products you can buy to help fund the effort. FAST COMPANY
Read MoreTalk to me: counsellors help child workers win justice in India →
Born into poverty, thousands of children - mostly boys - from the northern Indian state of Bihar have for years been trafficked to Jaipur to work as slaves . THOMSON REUTERS FOUNDATION
Read MoreCan kitchen gardens combat climate change? →
Growing fruit and veg in the garden is already seen as environmentally friendly, but it could also be a weapon in the fight against climate change. BBC NEWS
Read MoreWould you open your home to an ex-prisoner? →
A new effort in Oakland, California, matches hosts with people who were recently incarcerated to help them reintegrate after they’re released. THE NEW YORK TIMES
Read MoreThis all-electric airplane is flying the first commercial test flight of its kind →
It’s a six-seater with no other fuel on board, the latest attempt to move some flights off of fossil fuels. FAST COMPANY
Read MoreFinland anoints Sanna Marin, 34, as world's youngest serving prime minister →
Finland will have the world’s youngest serving prime minister later this week when Social Democrat Sanna Marin, 34, is sworn in at the head of a coalition whose four other parties are all led by women, three of them in their thirties. THE GUARDIAN
Read MoreWarwickshire man uses pension to save 62,000 animals →
From badgers to swans and foxes, Geoff Grewcock has nursed them all back to health. The 69-year-old transformed his garden in Nuneaton into a wildlife sanctuary after he retired as a security guard in 2001. Since then, the Nuneaton and Warwickshire Wildlife Sanctuary has helped 62,000 animals. BBC NEWS
Read More'Big Sisters' ride to rescue of Nepali child brides →
Hundreds of Big Sisters - many of them former child brides themselves - have volunteered to counsel teenage girls, their families and communities, on the impact of marrying young. THOMSON REUTERS FOUNDATION
Read MoreThe world’s first 3D-printed neighbourhood now has its first houses →
A giant 3D printer is currently squeezing out new homes in rural Mexico. Each one takes 24 hours and lets local families upgrade from a shack to a two-bedroom house. Could this be part of the global housing solution? FAST COMPANY
Read MoreA 'game changer' for cardboard box waste? →
Online orders account for billions of square metres of cardboard every year. Many objects packed very inefficiently, leading to waste. However, a new machine being trialled in Dijon, France, can customise cardboard boxes for specific objects. Emma Simpson was given an exclusive tour by Alex Manisty of DS Smith. BBC NEWS
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