Affairs / Economics
Monocolumn
Thursday 25 March
Youth is wasted on the young
Bad news for luxury retailers: young Japanese people don’t want to spend money anymore.
- 160 results for waste
Business / Small Business
Business Briefing
Extreme shopping in Japan's Don Quijote stores, and an innovative waste management system from Tel Aviv.
Edits / Transport
Monocolumn
Tuesday 5 June
Going around in circles
A roundabout way of doing something is a term that is always used pejoratively – shorthand for time wasted and a more direct route not followed.
Edits / Technology
Inventory No. 48
On Monocle’s wish list this month are crockery where the clay is the star, eco detergents that really work and waste bins you’ll actually want to handle.
Edits / Travel
Monocolumn
Tuesday 26 June
Travel fairs should surprise you
I like travel fairs but only in principle. I often go to them and leave wondering if I was simply wasting my time.
Edits / Innovation
Inventory
A few of our favourite things, including a new mobile phone by Bic and a waste disposal unit by Loofen. Plus, where to find the best room in the best ryokan at the foot of Mount Fuji.
The Monocle Daily, episode 39
We look at plans to build a ski slope around a waste plant in Copenhagen and why men still buy suits in times of crisis.
The Menu, episode 30
How humus can unite people Israel and Palestine, we chat to Sydney restaurateur Mark Best, and visit a shop in Stockholm cutting down on waste.
Affairs / Politics
Infamous five
For every politician who thinks before speaking, there are more who charge ahead regardless. And for every firm that embarks on intelligent design or innovative commerce, there are numerous others littering landscapes with…
The Entrepreneurs, episode 73
Social entrepreneurship: we tour a historic refuge for London’s dispossessed that doubles as a sumptuous private members’ club, learn how recycling newcomers TerraCycle turn Hungarian waste into profit, and see how women…
Affairs / Retail
Monocolumn
Thursday 21 July
India gears up to overhaul its outdated retail industry
With global retailers turning the screws and consumers demanding more choice, the Indian government is finally considering removing restrictions on supermarket chains.
Affairs / Urbanism
Monocolumn
Saturday 6 November
Europe’s greenest towns
Imagine a city where everyone lives next to a park, where people cycle to work on safe bike routes or hop on to convenient trams if it’s raining, where the air is clean and the traffic noise is, if not absent, at least…
Affairs / Environment
Monocolumn
Sunday 17 October
The red sludge aftermath
The red sludge that engulfed towns and villages after a reservoir burst at MAL’s aluminium plant in Ajka, western Hungary, is steadily being cleared away but its toxic legacy remains.
Affairs / Environment
Monocolumn
Friday 3 December
Taking the wheels off the economy
For the third week in a row, Tehran residents were given an unanticipated public holiday last Wednesday and Thursday, but there wasn’t much to celebrate over the rare four-day weekend.
Design / Urbanism
Monocolumn
Friday 29 March
Finding your level
The walkways of Hong Kong wind up, down, through malls, skyscrapers and beyond. But take some time to walk the ground-level streets too, if you can find one.
Business / Retail
Monocolumn
Monday 14 February
A lack of common scents
The question “Did the earth move for you?” usually implies the end of a successful Valentine’s date but for spice farmers in Indonesia it isn’t a good thing at all.
Affairs / Government
Monocolumn
Friday 1 October
Anyone at home?
As Portugal announces austerity measures to boost its tax coffers and assuage the markets worried about its deficit, a pressing problem remains: who will be left in its cities to actually pay for it.
Affairs / Urbanism
Monocolumn
Monday 27 June
No wind in the sails of Turkmenistan’s yachting craze
Turkmenistan’s eccentric and autocratic president appears to have fallen out of love with his €60m superyacht, sinking the country’s plans for a Caspian Monaco.