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 material…
While some might find them gross, you could say that the animals we associate with garbage like opossums and raccoons…
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 a…
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 towards…
Electronic devices are getting cheaper and global incomes are rising. That would seem like good news, and it is, except…
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, friend,…
Like most of Colin Furze’s creations, the Stomp O Matic trash compactor almost ends up self-destructing in a ball of…
In the 80s and 90s, the 911 system in the US became overloaded with people calling to report things like wayward…
It won’t be long now. In just a few short months, the long-standing debate—space harpoon versus giant butterfly…
Visitors to Hong Kong’s beaches have taken to various social media channels to voice their outrage about the current…
Here’s a great way to enrage the Apple fans in your life whom put all of the company’s creations on a pedestal. Imgur…
Humans clearly have a trash problem on Earth, but our track record isn’t that much better in outer space, where tens of…
A recent credible study suggests the amount of waste Americans dispose in landfills each year is over twice what the…
The amount of municipal waste being disposed of in the US is more than double – 262 million tonnes (metric tons) versus…
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