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Batting for the environment: Gujarat Titans kickstart sustainability and circular waste economy initiatives
Gujarat Titans have swiftly shed their newcomer status in the IPL, with their impressive debut seas…
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Landfills are spewing even more methane into the atmosphere than we thought
Landfills are thought to be the third-largest source of methane emissions in the US.
Catherine Boudreau
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Remember those pricey Herman Miller chairs that everyone wanted in 2020? Some are now being discarded, crushed by excavators, and sent to landfills.
Empty offices in New York City are sending Herman Miller chairs, popular luxuries for offices and h…
Katie Balevic
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There's a good chance that brand-new item you returned went to a landfill
As many as 9.6 billion pounds of returns ended up in landfills in 2021, according to one estimate &…
Emma Cosgrove
How picking trash at the largest landfill in Indonesia became more profitable than farming
Picking through a mountain of trash as high as 165 feet is how thousands of pemulung earn their liv…
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A man who lost $176 million worth of bitcoin in a dump wants to use a pair of $75,000 robot dogs in his master plan to get it back
James Howells threw out 8,000 bitcoins on a hard drive in 2013. Now he has an $11 million business …
Isobel Asher Hamilton
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Recycling wind turbine blades is nearly impossible. Veolia North America thinks it can keep them out of landfills.
Piles of wind turbine blades at a waste management facility in Missouri.Sam Paakkonen
Elizabeth McCauley,Katie Nixd…
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We’re drowning in electronic waste because we buy new devices too soon and don't recycle old stuff fast enough
Discarded electronics are the world's fastest-growing category of domestic waste and most devices a…
Tim Paradis
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Music fans are turning to Amazon, Shein, and other fast-fashion brands to look their best at big stadium tours, but tons of those clothes end up in the landfill. Some concert-goers have a better idea.
Music fans have become eager to attend concerts in standout outfits that rival the performers' clot…
Amanda Krause
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COVID-19 medical waste is putting a strain on removal systems. Here are the companies trying to solve the problem.
Throwing away masks leads to risks like potentially contaminating other recyclables, damaging machi…
Erica Sweeney
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Impulse buys, fast fashion end up in landfills and stay intact for 200 years
Did you know that 99% of what we buy ends up in the trashcan within the first six months, which is …
How one company keeps wind turbine blades out of landfills
Until recently, wind turbine blades were nearly impossible to recycle. Now, one company is shreddin…
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Retailers are jumping on the resale bandwagon now that secondhand clothes are cool (and profitable)
The secondhand clothing market is booming, and it seems like everyone — from teen-focused retailers…
Avery Hartmans
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Returns often end up in landfills. Here's how 3 companies are helping them get resold instead.
Tossing returns is often the easiest option for retailers. But the resale market holds promise for …
Erica Sweeney
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Our addiction to quick, cheap fashion is adding 101 million tons of waste to landfills each year and holiday shopping only makes it worse
Cute, affordable clothes have never been easier to find — but the knock-offs you bought for C…
Gad Allon
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FBI searched a New Jersey landfill to try to find Jimmy Hoffa's body
Hoffa, whose mysterious disappearance was portrayed in the Martin Scorsese-directed Netflix hit "Th…
Jake Epstein
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A David Bowie painting bought for $4 at a Canadian landfill is now selling for more than $14,000
"I did not need to see the autograph on the back because I knew, but obviously the signature sealed…