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In Hong Kong, Starbucks Biorefinery Turns Stale Pastry and Coffee Grounds...
Technology Instead of burning it, composting it or just dumping it in landfills, food waste from your area coffee shop could be upcycled into new plastic or laundry detergent. Starbucks… Instead of...
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The World Is Throwing Out Billions Of Dollars Along With Its Electronic Waste
Environment All our hard-earned tech dollars are going straight into the trash In 2014, the world got rid of 92 billion pounds of electronic waste, and nearly $50 billion worth of recyclable...
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Storks Are Changing Migration Patterns To Lunch At Landfills
Animals You wouldn't want these birds near a baby One man's trash is another bird's opportunity. One man's trash is another bird's opportunity.
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This Earth Day, Cut Down On Your Food Waste
Environment Waste not, want not—and don't destroy the planet On this Earth Day, the Environmental Protection Agency is training its attention heavily to wasted food, in part to promote its initiative...
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Humans have created 9.1 billion tons of plastic. Here's how you can help stop...
Environment A new study shows just how much plastic junk we've made, and the numbers are grim. We've made 9.1 billion tons of plastic since the 1950s, and if we don't change our habits, it'll only get...
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We can’t truly protect the environment unless we tackle social justice...
Environment People of color continue to live closer to environmental hazards. More than two decades after the federal government recognized the principles of environmental justice, there's still a lot...
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Anyone can compost their food waste (and everyone should)
Environment And it doesn’t have to smell. If you think composting is a dirty, unpleasant activity, that’s far from the truth. It can be really fun, like one big science experiment. Here’s how to get...
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Even the clothes you donate probably end up in a landfill
Environment Well-intentioned recyclers can't keep up with our fast fashion habit. If you’ve ever dropped off a bag of last year’s clothes at Goodwill, you probably didn’t think you were contributing...
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You throw out 44 pounds of electronic waste a year. Here's how to keep it out...
DIY Recycle old tech at e-waste centers. When you throw electronics away, the chemicals they contain wind up in the environment. Instead, here's how to take them to an e-waste recycling center.
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How to actually recycle
Environment Well-intentioned “aspirational recycling” is actually making to harder to recover materials. One of the reasons countries are refusing U.S. recyclables is because they're so contaminated....
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