Baltimore's Mr. Trash Wheel: a Decade of Garbage Gobbling Equates to 5.2 Million Pounds
Mr. Trash Wheel is a national icon and his installment in 2014, his popularity led to the installment of other trash-collecting wheels
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This Company is Mass-Producing T-Shirts From Mass-Produced T-Shirts-Closing a Wasteful Fashion Loop
In the world of fast fashion, the ubiquity of the casual t-shirt with something printed on it seems immeasurable in scope.
Dutch Are Reducing Waste By Fixing Broken Objects With Online Local Barter Network-And You Can Too
Finding someone who can fix a broken piece of furniture, mend clothing, or repair a family treasure has become easier thanks to a new online platform. The guilder is a repair exchange platform, enabling the repair of broken objects with local knowledge, skills, and tools—but without any money being exchanged. Objects like chairs, benches, tea […]
From Beer to Biogas: Creating Green Energy Using Brewer's Grain Farm Waste
Pennsylvania farms are partnered with a microbrewery to create an alternative fuel produced with brewer's waste and organic matter.
Scientists Discover Simple Way to Remove Heavy Metal From Water Using Plant Waste
Scientists created a cheap membrane made from a waste by-product of vegetable oil that can filter out heavy metals to make drinking water.
New Type of Plastic Made Directly From Organic Plant Waste Could Be the Game-Changer We Need
A new type of plastic made directly from organic plant waste has been created by scientists at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology.
Unique Initiative Trains Homeless Folks to Drive Vans to Rescue Food For Distribution Back in the Shelter
A unique partnership is solving the food waste, hunger, and joblessness problems in San Diego at once–and has rescued 500k pounds of food.
Floating Drones Are Swallowing Tons of Plastic Waste Before it Reaches Ocean
The WasteShark, like the whale shark it's named for, gobbles up plastic trash in a silent, safe, easy, effective, and affordable way.
Innovative Italian Invents River Cleaner That Grabs Trash Using Water's Current
Scalable to any river size, the River Cleanup buoys can filter oil or trash, and have no impact on river navigability or habitability.
Recycle Any Device For Free: Apple, Google, Staples, Walmart, Best Buy Are E-Cycling Heroes-Even Paying for Shipping
"You make it, you recycle it." Companies need to be accountable for waste their products generate-and 5 huge companies offer free recycling.
Mom Recycles a Ton of Trash With Backyard Public Recycling Center That Collects Things the City Doesn't
In the last three years, Liz has raised more than £1,000 which she has donated to her 14-year-old daughter Zoe's gymnastic group.
New Plant-based Biodegradable N95 Masks Close the Recycling Loop with Free Return of Used Ones
G95 makes masks and hoodies that filter the air at N95 level, and now sells a single-use biodegradable mask you can mail in for recycling.
These Guys Make Edible Cement From Food Waste - And You Can Literally Add it to Your Gingerbread House
These guys are making cement from food waste like coffee and banana peels that can be eaten in an emergency, but is also stronger than normal
Amazon.com Now Builds Packaging to Fit Items And Cut Waste-With Weather-Resistant Paper
Amazon is trialling a new packing machine which builds paper bags around individual items - to drastically cut down on packaging.
Concrete Made 30% Stronger by Adding Waste Coffee Grounds-Cutting Emissions and Mining in the Process
Engineers are making concrete stronger by giving coffee grounds a "double shot" at life to reduce waste going to landfills.
Robot Named Sorty McSortface Uses Mechanical Claws and AI to Sort Tons of Recyclables in Minutes
It's already deployed in 80 recycling facilities and is 99% accurate, becoming more accurate every year the waste is being sorted
Man Used 80 Discarded Vape Batteries to Power an Electric Scooter Proving the Importance of E-Waste
A clever graduate has used 80 discarded vape batteries to power his e-scooter—and to make a point about waste.
Researchers Use 'Flash' to Turn Plastic Trash and Food Waste into Valuable Material
Not only is the speedy process surprisingly inexpensive, it could save thousands of pounds of CO2 from entering the atmosphere.
Build With Compost: Researchers Turn Food Scraps Into Materials Stronger Than Concrete
Tokyo University researchers have discovered a way to turn food waste into construction materials, raising sustainability hopes.
Zero-Waste Recycling on Mallorca Turns Crushed Stone and Ceramic into Awesome New Material
Not only does this green building material create zero additional waste products, but no additional emissions from transportation.
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