Waste
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Antarctic Island Heavily Trashed
In early 1995, I led a Greenpeace expedition to Antarctica during which, among other things, we stopped off at King George Island, in the South … Antarctic Island Heavily TrashedRead more
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News
L.A. Council shines light on solar power A pilot program that would pay residents and businesses to sell solar-generated power back to the city received … NewsRead more
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Sources of trash
A first-of-its-kind survey of the kinds of trash that end up in San Francisco Bay points the finger at specific sources: retailers such as McDonald’s … Sources of trashRead more
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Over a billion tonns of wasted food
Around a third of the food produced in the world every year — around 1.3 billion tons — gets lost or wasted, the U.N.’s Food … Over a billion tonns of wasted foodRead more
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Plastic waste from Avatar
It is estimated that if the 42.1 million pairs of 3D glasses used at theaters to watch Avatar were laid end-to-end, they would stretch more … Plastic waste from AvatarRead more
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Bags of radioactive waste from Sellafield dumped in landfill site
Five bags of radioactive waste from the Sellafield nuclear processing facility were dumped in a landfill site after a faulty scanner wrongly passed them as … Bags of radioactive waste from Sellafield dumped in landfill siteRead more