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Beijing Deploys Giant Deodorant Cannons to Freshen Up City Landfill
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How Wireless Charging Will Keep Toxic Waste Out of Landfills
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Beijing Deploys Giant Deodorant Cannons to Freshen Up City Landfill
Deodorant Gun Smells like ... temporary victory over trash No one loves that trash smell in the morning, and certainly not Beijing residents who have complained about a landfill at the city's edge....
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How Wireless Charging Will Keep Toxic Waste Out of Landfills
Cutting the Cords Alison Seiffer Rechargeable batteries were supposed to keep trash out of landfills. Instead they replaced old garbage with new. Consumers throw away billions of battery chargers...
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It sounds as if someone just dropped a tricycle into a meat grinder. I'm sitting inside a narrow conference room at a research facility in Bristol, Connecticut, chatting with Joseph Longo, the founder...
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You've ditched your Hummer, recycle with a vengeance, and read your Hemingway by candlelight. But what kind of shoes are you wearing? Brooks Running launched a shoe this week containing its new...
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This spring the New York City Department of Parks and Recreation released the draft environmental impact statement for the Fresh Kills Park Project, their plan to turn the Fresh Kills...
View ArticleBeijing Deploys Giant Deodorant Cannons to Freshen Up City Landfill
No one loves that trash smell in the morning, and certainly not Beijing residents who have complained about a landfill at the city's edge. Chinese officials will respond to the Asuwei dump crisis by...
View ArticleFinally, a Garbage-to-Energy Scheme That Might Actually Work
Burning garbage to make energy--on its face, anyhow--seems like a win-win proposition, but the chemical arithmetic has never really added up to a winning proposition. Nonetheless, a major energy...
View ArticleHow Wireless Charging Will Keep Toxic Waste Out of Landfills
Rechargeable batteries were supposed to keep trash out of landfills. Instead they replaced old garbage with new. Consumers throw away billions of battery chargers every year; cellphone chargers alone...
View ArticleIn Hong Kong, Starbucks Biorefinery Turns Stale Pastry and Coffee Grounds...
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 Hong Kong is trying out a...
View ArticleThe World Is Throwing Out Billions Of Dollars Along With Its Electronic Waste
In 2014, the world got rid of 92 billion pounds of electronic waste, and nearly $50 billion worth of recyclable materials. That's a hefty amount of lamps, laptops and air…
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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.
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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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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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