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Not everything needs to be Marie Kondo-ed just because it doesn’t ‘spark joy’. Ask yourself if there’s a less wasteful option.
Polar bears are increasingly seeking sustenance in human trash because of melting sea ice and a loss of hunting opportunities. The result is a rise in human-bear conflict – and dead bears.
Priority should be given to improving municipal solid waste management in First Nation communities because they currently lack financial resources, infrastructure and solid waste diversion programs.
When governments want people to do less of something, one way to make that happen is to charge them for doing it. That’s the idea behind pay-as-you-throw waste policies.
From oil disasters in Mauritius to street artists in South Africa, the story of rubbish in the media helps shape popular culture and environmental change.
Climate change, globalization and concerns about rat poison soon could drive rat infestations to levels not seen in centuries. One way to curb them is getting humans to stop wasting food.
Americans recycle only about one-third of the solid waste we generate. A behavioral scientist argues that with the right motivators, we could do more.
Consumers are much more likely to recycle their waste after viewing messages showing the products it might turn into.
Where does plastic waste go when it reaches the ocean? For most of it, not far.
Every year the US burns more than 34 million tons of garbage in incinerators. These plants are major pollution sources, and most are clustered in disadvantaged communities.
A year after China stopped accepting most scrap material exports, other Asian countries are following Beijing’s lead, forcing wealthy nations to find domestic solutions for managing their wastes.
Reducing food waste by feeding hungry Canadians is a simplistic solution that is deeply problematic and morally distressing.
Great areas of rubbish – known as ‘garbage patches’ – are known to form in the Pacific and Atlantic oceans, but not the southern Indian Ocean. Why is that?
Less than 10 percent of plastic waste has been recycled – a factoid recently crowned statistic of the year.
The internet makes it easier for discarded stuff to land in someone else’s home instead of the dump.
Trump’s plan to slap $200 billion more in tariffs on Chinese goods is premised on yesterday’s waste-fueled economy. Tomorrow’s economy is ‘circular.’
Incineration of household waste has gotten a bad name, argues an economist, who sees today’s recycling crisis as an opportunity to reconsider how the U.S. handles its waste.
Seagulls have no qualms about sifting through dumps for scraps. But this buffet comes at a cost, filling their stomachs with plastic, glass, metal and even building materials.
Massive noxious garbage dumps piling up around Moscow have sparked citizen protests. And those protests are turning into criticism of the political system, which could threaten the Putin regime.
Top contributors
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Assistant Professor of Environmental Policy and Sustainability Management, The New School
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Professor in Oceanography and Public Engagement, Utrecht University
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Professor of Coastal Oceanography, The University of Western Australia
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Professor of Economics, Bucknell University
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Visiting Research Scholar, Fordham University
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Professor in Media Studies, University of the Witwatersrand
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Associate Professor in Economics, The University of Queensland
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Gerald I. Susman Professor in Sustainability, Professor of Marketing, Penn State
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Professor of Global Environmental Politics, University of California, Berkeley
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PhD candidate in Interdisciplinary Studies and Fine Arts, Concordia University
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Masters student, Carleton University
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Professor of Environmental Toxicology, Heriot-Watt University
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Associate Professor of Government and Legal Studies, Bowdoin College
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Professor of Management Institute of the Environment & Sustainability, Anderson School of Management, University of California, Los Angeles
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Adjunct professor, Department of Biology, Carleton University
