Grapes of Trash Removal Service

09/14/2022

Lakes of trash!

One group pulled 3,000 pounds of trash from a small section of a Northern California lake. They're calling it the 'dirtiest mile in the basin.' - Articles from The Weather Channel | weather.com

08/22/2020

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Photovoltaic panels are a boon for clean energy but are tricky to recycle. As the oldest ones expire, get ready for a solar e-waste glut.

04/29/2020

https://phys.org/news/2020-04-reveals-important-city-dwelling-honey-bees.html

Trees, shrubs and woody vines are among the top food sources for honey bees in urban environments, according to an international team of researchers. By using honey bees housed in rooftop apiaries in Philadelphia, the researchers identified the plant species from which the honey bees collected most....

01/28/2020

That banana peel, turned into graphene, can help facilitate a massive reduction of the environmental impact of concrete and other building materials. While you're at it, toss in those plastic empties.

01/27/2020

Congratulations, Connecticut.

Columbia University Earth Institute ranks Connecticut No. 1, best in the nation — in fact, best in the western hemisphere — in a metric called Sustainable Solid Waste Management. You can think of it as a measure of how much of our waste is wasted.

11/19/2019

UBQ Materials says its process can profitably help tackle the world’s huge waste problem.

06/08/2019

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Among the 11 tons of recovered trash from the 45-day project are food wrappers, cans, bottles and empty oxygen cylinders.

01/03/2018

Need to start building an astrobot!

09/30/2016

Computers, phones, and other digital devices increasingly are made to be thrown away—which is bad for both consumers and the environment. An Object Lesson.

05/15/2016

The latest update from the U.S. Drought Monitor shows just how important continued water conservation is in California. One winter of average rain and snow is not enough to erase four years of serious drought. Read – and hear – more from Capital Public Radio: Severe And Extreme Drought Eases in Ca...

04/25/2016

Apple recently unveiled Liam, a robot with 29 arms that takes apart iPhones so materials can be recycled and reused. As we accumulate more waste, recycling robots like Liam might become more common.

10/22/2015

Our addiction to consuming things is a vicious cycle, and buying a bigger house to store it all isn’t the answer. Here’s how to get started on downsizing