Decades of public messages about recycling in the US have crowded out discussion and implementation of more sustainable ways to manage waste
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Camp Century - The Hidden City Beneath the Ice
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Danish environmental campaigner Merijn Tinga has windsurfed up the Thames to return plastic bottles from the UK which he found in Sweden
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Spanish authorities are seeking €90 Million in damages from a Swedish mining company for a major toxic spill near the famed Doñana National Park in 1998
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Can EV batteries be recycled? It’s complicated, but it’s already happening
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Florida bill allowing radioactive roads made of potentially cancer-causing mining waste signed by Ron DeSantis
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How plastics are poisoning us
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What should I do with waste PLA from 3d printing?
I have a box of scrap parts of PLA left over from 3D printing and I'm wondering what to do with them. PLA can apparently biodegrade but only in really specific conditions I don't think I can...
I have a box of scrap parts of PLA left over from 3D printing and I'm wondering what to do with them. PLA can apparently biodegrade but only in really specific conditions I don't think I can achieve like keeping it at 60c. I know there is a device that can turn the scraps in to new filament but its way too expensive for me. What should with this stuff?
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Why millions of usable hard drives are being destroyed
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Finland is on the verge of becoming the first nation to bury spent nuclear fuel rods deep underground for the long term
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The Huussi toilet in Finland's pavilion at the 2023 Venice Architecture Biennale disposes of waste without any water
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Australian governments impose recycling rules after the packaging industry fails on waste
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Finland's vast network of tunnels 400m underground will soon begin operating as the world's first spent nuclear fuel disposal facility
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Nearly half of every pineapple you eat ends up in the trash. But now, companies across the globe are turning the inedible parts of the fruit into textiles, plates, soap, and more. | World Wide Waste
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Study finds trash, household crowding increase risk for three dangerous, mosquito-borne illnesses in Kenya
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Are cures for some of the world’s deadliest diseases hiding in our sewers?
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Is Alchemist the world's most creative restaurant? Rasmus Munk offers Michelin-starred meals from food waste, drinks from rabbit's ears and a new way to look at food.
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The superheroes of beautiful Kinshasa
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Welsh council bids to print McDonald’s customer car number plates on wrappers
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Design collective Andra Formen has created furniture from electric scooters fished out of the canals of Malmö
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The toxic history of color
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Infinited Fiber has invested heavily in a technology which can transform textiles that would otherwise be burned or sent to landfills into a new clothing fibre
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UK looks to Sweden for a solution to nuclear waste – repeated attempts to find a suitable location have been stymied by political intransigence and environmentalists
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Environmental defenders celebrate a ‘huge’ win for ‘unique’ Tasmanian rainforest
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How flip-flop art helps clean Kenya's beaches | World Wide Waste
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A day in the life of India’s e-waste workers
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Poland: ‘Huge’ amounts of chemical waste dumped into river
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Finland is building the world's first permanent disposal site for nuclear waste, with no shortage of people wanting to be its neighbours
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Polio found in New York wastewater as state urges vaccinations
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Kayaking the sickest urban river in Australia
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Many in India make a living off garbage, from ragpickers to entrepreneurs. Join us as we look at how they turn trash into shoes, tiles, teddy bears, and more | World Wide Waste
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Single-use plastic waste is getting phased out in California under a sweeping new law
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How people live off a garbage mountain that keeps catching on fire | World Wide Waste
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Racing an excavator to save this house’s wood from landfill
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How we track COVID-19 (and other weird stuff) in sewage
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A plastic bag’s 2,000-mile journey shows the messy truth about recycling
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Nuclear waste is safer than you think
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UN experts call for Sweden to scrap a planned iron ore mine – toxic waste and other contaminants would cause 'irreversible risks' to land used by the Sámi
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Can bitcoin be sustainable? Kryptovault's operation is part of a fightback against criticism of the famously energy-intensive industry
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Can you pump sewage? When it comes to wastewater, what goes down must come up again
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Sweden approves plans for Forsmark nuclear waste storage site – will bury nuclear waste in the bedrock, and seal the facilities once they are full
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The secret MVP of sports? The port-a-potty.
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'If you eat here, you're dining with rats'
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Manufacturers will be forced to create a universal charging solution for phones and small electronic devices, under a new rule proposed by the European Commission
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Bitcoin's growing e-waste problem
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Cheap material could help convert waste heat into electricity
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Scientist invents toilet that turns human feces into cryptocurrency
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Big Oil’s solution for plastic waste littered with failure
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How sewer pipes work (feat. fake poop)
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No, you can’t recycle a bowling ball (but people sure keep trying)
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