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How the pandemic has affected trash collection services
Have you noticed that trash collection has become less efficient since the pandemic began? If so, be patient. It’s convenient to blame COVID-19 for all kinds of troubles, and if you stop to think about...
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Two new recycling technologies turn waste into resources
We’re filling our landfills and our oceans with trash. Why? Because we haven’t made a commitment to turning waste into resources. The COVID-19 pandemic has only made a serious problem even worse....
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Do you know where your trash is? How landfills work
Rubbish, trash, garbage, municipal solid waste—whatever we call it, we throw away a lot of stuff. Except there’s no such place as away. We recycle or compost some of it. Some areas use waste-to-energy...
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How did the US become the most wasteful country in the world?
m01229 via Flickr “A penny saved is a penny earned”? Not anymore. The US has become the most wasteful country in the world. Waste in America is driven by consumerism. Supposedly, that term means...
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Municipal and commercial composting: when you can’t compost at home
Industrial composting, turned aerated pile method / Green Mountain Technologies Composting is a great way to keep organic wastes out of the landfill and reduce emissions of greenhouse gases. But not...
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The plastic bag recycling process: why the system is broken
You can’t put plastic bags out to the curb for recycling. The plastic bag recycling process starts when you take your bags and other films to a store. You know that, of course. You probably also know...
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Aspirational recycling: what can’t be recycled
MRF tipping floor in Bowling Green, Ohio / my photo Americans recycle badly. We commit two equal and opposite mistakes: not recycling at all or putting the wrong things in our recycling. Trying to...
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7 safe and responsible ways to dispose of used cooking oil at home
Wikimedia Commonshttps://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Freidora.jpg Do you fry food at home? It makes a delicious meal, but when you clean up afterward, you have a lot of used cooking oil. And so you...
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16 things never to flush down the toilet
The toilet is a marvelous contraption. Press a lever and everything in it disappears. It refills itself with clean water. But flush only urine, feces, vomit, and toilet paper. If you don’t know what...
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Hazardous household wastes from A to Z
The idea of hazardous wastes scares some people, yet we all have hazardous substances in our homes. These include electronic waste, paints, motor oil, pesticides, some cleaning products, and...
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