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Trash
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Recycling Your Trash Is Very Important – Here’s Why
There was a time when no one paid much attention to recycling. Today, however, and as the world…
7 Interesting Facts About Rubbish
Unfortunately, whatever we do as humans these days tends to produce some kind of waste material. Whether it’s…
Genius Inventions: Solution To Water Pollution
Water pollution is a huge threat not only for us humans but also to aquatic life. In order…
Top 10 Countries With The Largest Contribution Of Garbage In The Ocean
Pollution dominates the world’s oceans and these bodies of water are in a very precarious situation along with…
Humanity Has Managed To Change Places We’ve Barely Even Visited
From the Mariana Trench to the Moon, we don’t have to be in a place very much to…
Fixing All The Most Annoying Parts Of City Life
From public brawls to garbage piles, cities are solving some long-standing nuisances. Street Fights Could the sweet smell…
4 Ways To Curb Our Addiction To Plastic
Not all plastic is evil, but our world could probably do with a whole lot less of it.…
Plastic Straws Aren’t The Problem
Skipping straws may be hip. But there are much better ways to fight pollution. New York’s top cocktail bars…
How Polluted Oceans Hurt Us & How We Can Protect Them
Oceans and the life they sustain are vital to humankind. Unfortunately, overfishing, climate change, and pollution threaten these habitats.…
Going Green Shouldn’t Be This Hard
Climate change is a massive problem. But can individual habit changes actually make an impact? This feature…
Can We Fix It? The Repair Cafes Waging War On Throwaway Culture
When fixing items is actively discouraged by manufacturers, recycling becomes a political act, say Repair Cafe volunteers. A vacuum…
America Is So Wasteful, Time To Use It To Its Advantage
A few cities are using leftovers to power buses and buildings. Americans funnel 40 percent of it into…
What Really Happens To All That Stuff You Recycle
In many municipalities around the country, the days of sorting your recyclables for curbside pickup are long gone,…
A City Where Garbage Is Not
In San Francisco, when life gives you lemons, you make lemonade—as long as the lemons end up in…
3-Year Dedication Of Mapping Brooklyn Made From Trash
Jennifer Maravillas’ “71 Square Miles” is one of the most colorful maps of Brooklyn I’ve seen. And it’s…
Doing The Biggest Ocean Cleanup In History
“Once there was the Stone Age, then the Bronze Age, and now we are in the middle of…