Trash

Look, 2020 was supposed to be my year. I set out with what I thought were pretty reasonable New Year’s…

The world keeps producing more headphones, microwaves, laptops, air conditioners, and other pieces of electronics…

The coronavirus caused Lauren Singer to do something she hasn’t done in eight years: she created waste.

I love the holidays. I love the coquito, the lights, and Christmas music. In fact, I’m listening to Kacey Musgraves’…

Despite what the inventors of the world want you to believe, not everything in your home needs to be intelligent,…

The world has a trash problem, and a new report out Tuesday reminds us just how much Americans contribute. Turns out…

We, humans, do love our plastic. From our morning yogurt to our evening takeout, all this plastic feels impossible…

Recycling is in trouble. There are many reasons for this, chief among them a string of new bans and restrictions on…

In Philadelphia, people like to recycle. Together, all 1.6 million of us generate about 400 tons of recyclable…

While some might find them gross, you could say that the animals we associate with garbage like opossums and…

The world is trash. Even leaving aside the garbage of regular citizens—the many stadiums’ worth of shit and piss,…

You might wonder why, given all the hype, there isn’t graphene in every product you own yet. Well, a new study has…

Geyser eruptions at Yellowstone National Park are moments of rarefied beauty; spectacular reminders that we live on…

The Great Pacific Garbage Patch is greater than we ever thought. And by greater, I mean worse.

There’s a new trend sweeping the nation—the world actually—and it’s called plogging. No, not blogging on platforms…

It’s inevitable that one day humanity is going to need to live somewhere other than Earth, and our first step…

Electronic devices are getting cheaper and global incomes are rising. That would seem like good news, and it is,…

Adam Turnbull, a Canadian fisherman, recently caught a fish that was badly in need of help, having spent a lifetime…

You might think you were born in Duluth, or Detroit, or some sleepy suburb on Long Island—but let me tell you,…

Like most of Colin Furze’s creations, the Stomp O Matic trash compactor almost ends up self-destructing in a ball of…