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David Copperfield accused of trashing his $7 million NYC penthouse in new lawsuit
The suit accuses Copperfield of neglect that has resulted in millions in building damages. A rep fo…
Geoff Weiss,Jordan Pandy
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Tamil Nadu to deploy innovative 'trash interceptors' to rid rivers of plastic pollution in 14 districts
As part of the ambitious Rs 1,675 crore Tamil Nadu Coastal Restoration Mission, the state environme…
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North Korea launches an annoying tactic over the border: trash and manure balloons
The balloons sent by North Korea carried bags of garbage and manure and landed across the border in…
Geoff Weiss
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Why is North Korea sending hundreds of trash and turd-filled balloons to South Korea?
On Sunday, a North Korean official announced to the world that they would be scattering “mounds of …
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North Korea sends new wave of up to 720 trash-filled balloons into South Korea
North Korea sent up to 720 trash-filled balloons across the border with South Korea, in addition to…
Cameron Manley
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A stolen painting found in a plastic bag at a London bus stop just sold for $22 million.
The masterpiece that was missing for seven years after being stolen from an English country home se…
Jack Newsham
How to make bricks from plastic trash
A company is turning plastic trash into cheap, easy-to-assemble building materials. It's helping bu…
Most of the ocean's plastic started in rivers. Can giant trash barriers help?
The Ocean Cleanup set out to collect ocean plastic a decade ago. But most of that plastic comes fro…
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The Great Pacific Garbage Patch is actually a unique ocean ecosystem teeming with sea creatures that cling to the plastic trash
A coauthor of a new study that found coastal species of sea life were living on plastic in the open…
Kelsey Vlamis
Garbage spikes during the holidays — can wrapping gifts in plastic trash reduce it?
If American families wrapped three fewer presents every year, it would save enough paper to cover a…
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I made Guy Fieri's legendary Trash Can Nachos, and they're the perfect Super Bowl snack
I followed the famous chef's recipe for massive nachos covered in meat and cheese. Here's how to ma…
Chelsea Davis
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Waste Management, North America's largest trash hauler, wants to shrink plastic pollution
Nearly all the plastic shrink-wrap produced in the US ends up in the landfill. Waste Management wan…
Catherine Boudreau
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Despite major crises, these Syrians innovated a sustainable business turning plastic junk into cheap mats!
30-year-old mat seller Mohammed al-Qassem notes that since these mats are relatively cheap, they're…
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55 tons of ocean plastic collected from the Great Pacific Garbage Patch to be recycled into Kia’s electric vehicles!
Kia has already begun upcycling plastic in many car parts, such as the EV9 model which incorporates…
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A half-mile installation just took 20,000 pounds of plastic out of the Pacific - proof that ocean garbage can be cleaned
The Ocean Cleanup, the group behind the device, thinks 10 such installations could clean 50% of the…
Aria Bendix
What if we paved roads with plastic trash?
A company in Nairobi wants to install bricks made from plastic trash across Kenya’s capital. Could …
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Ukrainian steelmakers who scared off Russian forces with decoy weapons made of trash are now supplying troops with hundreds of fake weapons
Steelworkers in Ukraine are outsmarting Russian troops with realistic-looking decoy weapons made of…
Lauren Steussy,Katherine Tang…
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A half-mile plastic-trapping device in the Pacific caught 64,000 pounds of trash - including a fridge, mannequin, and toilet seats
A new device built by the nonprofit The Ocean Cleanup brought back 64,000 pounds of plastic from th…
Aria Bendix
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An environmentalist discovered heaps of unused Starbucks food and cups in trash bags on the street, as TikTokers decried its wasteful policies
Starbucks told Insider that while the store in question had donated its unused goods in the past, i…
Geoff Weiss
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This Mumbai startup is making tearable laundry sheets, bamboo-based facial tissues and more to replace plastic
Beco claims to be one of the most affordable and sustainable home products companies in India.India…