A Maori community center in New Zealand is distributing bags of donated fish heads to families in need. But it’s more than just charity; it’s a model for reducing food waste. ~food Article 1142 words, published Nov 13 2020 7 votes
A single-step approach to nuclear reprocessing ~science Article 819 words, published May 4 2020 8 votes
How the waters off Los Angeles became a DDT dumping ground ~enviro pollution.water Article 5481 words 12 votes
At Iceland's Blue Lagoon you can swim in power plant wastewater – here's a story about geothermal energy, cheap heat, and how to keep some ducks warm ~enviro energy.renewable water.waste Video 5:17 9 votes
How Big Oil misled the public into believing plastic would be recycled ~enviro plastics recycling Article 3247 words 17 votes
Arizona university prevents potential Covid outbreak by testing feces ~health Article 364 words 8 votes
Hundreds of workers fell ill after cleaning up America’s largest industrial disaster without proper gear. At least fifty have died. Twelve years later, they’re still waiting for help ~enviro pollution Article 2348 words 10 votes
Vermont first state to implement a statewide ban on food waste ~enviro Article 803 words, published Jul 6 2020 10 votes
While not a solution, knowing how to recycle and compost can help the environment ~enviro recycling Article 731 words 5 votes
COVID-19 may have been in Italy as early as December 2019, according to new research of sewage samples ~health Article 331 words 8 votes
Greta Thunberg scolds Danes for dumping wastewater – thirty-five billion liters of unfiltered sewer water have been pumped into the Oresund Strait since 2014 ~enviro pollution.water water.waste Article 226 words 10 votes
Nearly two million chickens at Eastern Shore farms set to be destroyed because of coronavirus-related plant shortages ~food meat Article 1044 words, published Apr 24 2020 10 votes
USDA let millions of pounds of food rot while food-bank demand soared ~food Article 152 words 11 votes
‘Human beings have overrun the world’: David Attenborough calls for an end to waste in impassioned plea to address climate change ~enviro climate change Article 752 words 10 votes
Even garbage is under threat from the coronavirus' impact on the economy ~enviro recycling Article 1228 words 9 votes
Nearly 11,000,000 kilograms of strawberries might get thrown in the trash in California each week due to weakened demand caused by coronavirus ~food Article 1018 words 9 votes
Disinfecting wipes being flushed down toilets causing major pipe problems ~health Article 317 words 13 votes
South Korea is composting its way to sustainability with automated bins, rooftop farms, and underground mushroom-growing ~enviro recycling sustainability Article 5345 words 5 votes
Planet plastic - How big oil and big soda kept a global environmental calamity a secret for decades ~enviro plastics recycling Article 7209 words 14 votes
Inside the mad-science world of a professional fermentation chef ~food restaurants Article 466 words 4 votes
Struggling to keep up, Finland exports plastic waste – a quarter of all plastic waste will be sent to facilities in Sweden or Germany for sorting and repurposing ~enviro recycling plastics Article 323 words 4 votes
The mattress landfill crisis: How the race to bring us better beds led to a recycling nightmare ~enviro recycling Article 2055 words 13 votes
Wind turbine blades can’t be recycled, so they’re piling up in landfills - Companies are searching for ways to deal with the tens of thousands of blades that have reached the end of their lives ~enviro recycling energy.renewable Article 26 votes
Copenhagen fashion week announces radical sustainability goals – hopes to transform it into a platform for advocacy with tough new environmental requirements for participants ~design fashion Article 480 words 6 votes
A journalist in Japan looks at how much single-use plastic he accumulates in a week, then attempts to spend a week without using any ~enviro recycling plastics.single use Article 2583 words 17 votes
America’s radioactive secret: Oil-and-gas wells produce nearly a trillion gallons of toxic waste a year ~enviro Article 8598 words 10 votes
The Boss series profiles different business leaders from around the world – Mette Lykke, co-founder of fitness tracker Endomondo, and CEO of food waste app, Too Good To Go ~finance business Article 1171 words 4 votes
The hiding place: Inside the world's first long-term storage facilty for highly radioactive nuclear waste ~enviro energy Article 5235 words, published Jul 26 2019 10 votes
How the US betrayed the Marshall Islands, kindling the next nuclear disaster ~enviro climate change Article 5621 words 9 votes
Oslo Municipality's Water and Sewage Administration has offered a useful tip to reduce water waste – it's OK to pee in the shower ~enviro water.waste Article 395 words, published Oct 14 2019 9 votes
One supermarket chain in Finland has an idea to address food waste – S-market has started holding 'happy hours' for products nearing expiration date ~food Link 6 votes
Where to report birds tangled in plastic rubbish ~enviro pollution plastics Article 884 words 4 votes
New infrared-based technology promises to give textiles recycling a giant leap forward by replacing manual sorting with an automated method in Finland ~enviro recycling Article 418 words 3 votes
IKEA has committed to becoming a circular business by 2030 – by eliminating waste and reusing resources ~enviro sustainability Article 1496 words 8 votes
Scientists from the University of Borås are exploring the possibility of converting old pieces of glutinous waste into yarn ~food Article 383 words, published Jun 11 2019 4 votes
Cigarette butts are toxic plastic pollution. Should they be banned? ~enviro pollution plastics Article 1549 words 11 votes
Nuclear power offers an abundant supply of low-carbon energy. But what to do with the deadly radioactive waste? ~enviro energy Article 2607 words 12 votes
Crystal Geyser mistakenly emails Chronicle: Randle Bottling project likely ‘dead’ ~enviro water.bottled Article 1114 words 8 votes