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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…
2020-07-29
7 Interesting Facts About Rubbish
Unfortunately, whatever we do as humans these days tends to produce some kind of waste material. Whether it’s…
2020-06-09
Genius Inventions: Solution To Water Pollution
Water pollution is a huge threat not only for us humans but also to aquatic life. In order…
2019-07-22
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…
2019-06-17
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…
2019-01-16
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…
2018-09-27
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.…
2018-09-24
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…
2018-08-23
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.…
2018-07-17
Going Green Shouldn’t Be This Hard
Climate change is a massive problem. But can individual habit changes actually make an impact? This feature…
2018-04-03
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…
2018-03-21
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…
2016-04-06
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,…
2015-07-22
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…
2015-06-09
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…
2015-05-28
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…
2015-04-22