The Energy Fix: How Waste Could Power The U.S. For Decades
The world throws away enormous amounts of energy each day. In the U.S. alone, waste streams could account for 100,000 megawatts of untapped electrical capacity. New…
View ArticleWhat's In Your Pee?
It took seven years and 20 researchers, but a team at the University of Alberta have finally, using all available state-of-the-art equipment, figured out the chemical…
View ArticleLouisiana Is Struggling To Dispose Of 15 Million Pounds Of Explosive Propellant
The largest stockpile of M6 artillery propellent in the country is sitting abandoned at an old military facility in Louisiana. The New York Timesreports that the discarded…
View ArticleA New Source of Energy In Maryland: Chicken Manure
Maryland has a big, stinking problem. Every year, the poultry industry produces about 650 million pounds of manure within that state alone. Chicken manure is a great fertilizer, but in Maryland, there...
View ArticleThe World Is Throwing Out Billions Of Dollars Along With Its Electronic Waste
In 2014, the world got rid of 92 billion pounds of electronic waste, and nearly $50 billion worth of recyclable materials. That's a hefty amount of lamps, laptops and air…
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The Truth Behind The EPA's Animas River Spill Is Messier Than You Think
When the river runs yellowREUTERS/EPA HandoutYellow mine waste from the Gold King Mine is seen in the river waters near San Juan County, Colorado, in an EPA photo captured on August 7, 2015.They say no...
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Robots Are Coming For The Garbageman's Job
Refuse Truck Driver is Supported by RobotVolvoAs long as there are humans, there will be garbage. And, for a long time, it seemed inevitable that there would always be garbagemen, too, to collect that...
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There's A Secret Goldmine In Your Toilet
Energy Don't flush! When bacteria feed on excrement and other waste, what’s left is sludge. And that sludge is a secret goldmine.
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Trashed electronics are piling up across Asia
Environment E-waste has risen by 63 percent in just 5 years In East and Southeast Asia, e-waste volume increased by 63 percent between 2010 and 2015.
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Whirlpool wants you to trash your old composting methods and buy a fancy food...
Gadgets We sort through the garbage heap This summer, WLabs’ Zera Food Recycler will hit three test cities, the engineers hope, with an eco-friendly bang.
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Even the clothes you donate probably end up in a landfill
Environment Well-intentioned recyclers can't keep up with our fast fashion habit. If you’ve ever dropped off a bag of last year’s clothes at Goodwill, you probably didn’t think you were contributing...
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You throw out 44 pounds of electronic waste a year. Here's how to keep it out...
DIY Recycle old tech at e-waste centers. When you throw electronics away, the chemicals they contain wind up in the environment. Instead, here's how to take them to an e-waste recycling center.
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Your regular reminder that humans still waste way too much food
Environment It's bad to waste food. Like, really bad. A new study suggests that young people may waste food, at least in part, because they don't know they shouldn't. Here's why food waste is bad.
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Freezer bags are the secret to eating well on your next camping trip
DIY Easy preparation before meals, no dishwashing after. Nobody’s going to hike all day on just a handful of trail mix. And the best way to eat hearty meals in the backcountry is to cook them in...
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Your guide to a Thanksgiving dinner without food waste
Environment Enjoy the day without killing the planet. Even if you’ve spent the entire year cutting down on plastic, eating less red meat, and conserving water, you’re probably poised to have a...
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We've wasted so much plastic, it's almost impossible to picture—these charts...
Environment The most mind-boggling statistic of the year, visualized. Less than 10 percent of all the plastic we've made has been recycled, but the enormity of that quantity is hard to really grasp.
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Meal kits are full of wasteful packaging—but they might still beat the...
Environment Don't subscribe just yet. A meal kit full of wasteful packaging isn't good for the planet. But the food you buy in a grocery store can be even worse.
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The FDA knows expiration dates are confusing, so they’re changing them
Health Who among us really knows what “best if sold by” means? You can get extraordinarily sick eating expired food, but more often than not we’re just throwing away perfectly good chow.
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How Austin, Texas, turns its sewage into soil
Environment The journey from stool to sod. Dealing with the sewage of a million people is no trivial exercise.
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What’s the best straw?
Science We investigate. Lifting liquids directly to your lips is so 5,000 years ago. We’ve got spoons now, baby, and straws galore. But in a world where personal convenience comes with serious…
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