100,000 years and counting – how do we tell future generations about highly radioactive nuclear waste repositories? ~enviro energy Article 1381 words 20 votes
The 'Atlanta Magnet Man' is saving our car tires, one bike ride at a time ~transport Article 668 words 23 votes
Denmark's second-largest city is trialling a first-of-its-kind deposit scheme to tackle single-use coffee cups ~enviro Article 518 words, published Jan 25 2024 20 votes
Reduce, reuse, redirect outrage: How plastic makers used recycling as a fig leaf ~enviro plastics recycling climate change Article 1101 words 45 votes
Bellevue, WA police responded to a call from a US Air Force museum that said a man had offered to donate a Cold War-era missile stored in his late neighbor’s garage ~humanities.history Article 570 words 12 votes
The neglected clean heat we flush down the drains ~enviro water.waste energy.renewable Article 1937 words 37 votes
Food scientists at Finnish startup SuperGround have found a way to make chicken nuggets and fish cakes out of otherwise discarded bones and hard tissues ~food meat Article 959 words 28 votes
Norway is to allow mining waste to be dumped in its fjords after the government won a court case against environmental organisations trying to block the plan ~enviro pollution.water Article 550 words 29 votes
Plant-based spread maker tries move into paper-based tubs ~enviro plastics recycling sustainability Link 13 votes
Windows 10 end of life could prompt torrent of e-waste as 240 million devices set for scrapheap ~tech Link 48 votes
Finland and Italy seek to hinder restrictions on single-use packaging ahead of next week's gathering of EU ministers in Brussels ~enviro Article 599 words 11 votes
Why a Dutch designer is knitting jumpers from human hair ~design fashion Article published Nov 15 2023 8 votes
NGO CLASP report - Out of date, inefficient air conditioners sold by the millions in smaller Asian countries ~enviro climate change Link 6 votes
Site Zero recycling plant in the city of Motala should double the amount of plastic packaging being recycled in Sweden ~enviro recycling plastics Article 687 words 6 votes
New York residents say a hazardous waste incinerator’s emissions violate their new constitutional right to a “healthful environment.” ~enviro pollution.air Article 2087 words, published Nov 9 2023 14 votes
Curbside trash is a problem in NYC. Officials have a not-so-novel fix: plastic bins ~enviro Article 1392 words 29 votes
The remote Danish island of Bornholm has pledged to eliminate trash by 2032. How will it get there? ~enviro recycling Article 2411 words 13 votes
'License to hide': Western plastic waste dumped in Myanmar ~enviro recycling plastics Article 662 words 9 votes
Using 'spent' coffee and tea to boost shelf life and nutritional value of cakes ~food drinks baking Article 421 words 28 votes
Sweden's right-wing government says it will turn its back on plastic bag tax from November 2024 ~enviro pollution plastics Article 350 words 20 votes
Ministers set to ban single-use vapes in UK over child addiction fears ~health Article 490 words 30 votes
Why investing in new nuclear plants is bad for the climate ~enviro energy.renewable climate change Link 32 votes
How a Japanese-run wastewater treatment plant in Mexico shamelessly polluted until the site was shut down ~enviro pollution.water water.waste Article 1771 words 7 votes
Judge rules in favor of Oklahoma against big chicken producers in poultry-pollution lawsuit ~enviro pollution.water Article 1141 words, published Jan 19 2023 17 votes
Lawsuit over polychlorinated biphenyl contamination filed by Massachusetts mother of boy with leukemia. Lawsuit targets GE, Monsanto, Bayer and others. ~enviro pollution Article 1090 words 28 votes
How Finland is betting on nuclear power, and its waste | Focus on Europe ~enviro energy Video 4:41 10 votes
Plastic overshoot day spotlights growing 'climate nightmare' of global waste ~enviro pollution plastics climate change Article 1775 words 19 votes
Decades of public messages about recycling in the US have crowded out discussion and implementation of more sustainable ways to manage waste ~enviro recycling Article 1213 words 33 votes
Camp Century - The Hidden City Beneath the Ice ~engineering Video 51:59, published Apr 24 2023 9 votes
Danish environmental campaigner Merijn Tinga has windsurfed up the Thames to return plastic bottles from the UK which he found in Sweden ~enviro pollution plastics recycling Article 10 votes
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 ~enviro water.waste Article 382 words 11 votes
Can EV batteries be recycled? It’s complicated, but it’s already happening ~transport Article 977 words, published Jun 15 2023 8 votes
Florida bill allowing radioactive roads made of potentially cancer-causing mining waste signed by Ron DeSantis ~transport Article 1022 words 43 votes
Why millions of usable hard drives are being destroyed ~tech Article 1181 words, published Jun 5 2023 18 votes
Finland is on the verge of becoming the first nation to bury spent nuclear fuel rods deep underground for the long term ~enviro energy Article 2756 words 12 votes
The Huussi toilet in Finland's pavilion at the 2023 Venice Architecture Biennale disposes of waste without any water ~enviro sustainability Article 7 votes
Australian governments impose recycling rules after the packaging industry fails on waste ~enviro recycling plastics Article 615 words 7 votes
Finland's vast network of tunnels 400m underground will soon begin operating as the world's first spent nuclear fuel disposal facility ~enviro energy Video 2:21 9 votes
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 ~enviro Video 17:33 8 votes
Study finds trash, household crowding increase risk for three dangerous, mosquito-borne illnesses in Kenya ~health Article 1013 words 3 votes
Are cures for some of the world’s deadliest diseases hiding in our sewers? ~health medicine Article 2304 words, published Dec 16 2022 7 votes
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 ~food restaurants Article 1559 words 5 votes