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DevOps
fromComputerWeekly.com
2 hours ago

Navigating the opaque fog of public cloud carbon footprints | Computer Weekly

The environmental benefits of public cloud services are increasingly questioned due to inconsistent sustainability metrics and reporting among major providers.
OMG science
fromState of the Planet
3 days ago

Two Sustainability Students See Opportunity Hidden in Laundry-Induced Microplastic Pollution

Federal agencies are prioritizing microplastics in drinking water and launching initiatives to detect and remove them from the human body.
Environment
fromComputerWeekly.com
2 minutes ago

What you need to know before emissions regulators come knocking | Computer Weekly

IT infrastructure carbon emissions reporting is becoming a global regulatory requirement with strict compliance standards.
#new-york-city
New York City
fromStreetsblog New York City
5 days ago

Trash Containerization Program Remains Unfunded in Mamdani's City Budget - Streetsblog New York City

Funding for New York City's trash containerization program is uncertain, risking the continuation of efforts to improve waste management.
#gardening
Coffee
fromTasting Table
16 hours ago

These 5 Plants Hate Coffee Ground Fertilizer - Here's What To Use Instead - Tasting Table

Used coffee grounds can enhance soil but may harm certain plants due to caffeine and acidity.
Agriculture
fromTasting Table
6 days ago

The Unexpected Benefits Of Using Dryer Lint In Your Vegetable Garden - Tasting Table

Dryer lint can be repurposed as mulch in gardens, helping to retain moisture and deter pests.
Coffee
fromTasting Table
16 hours ago

These 5 Plants Hate Coffee Ground Fertilizer - Here's What To Use Instead - Tasting Table

Used coffee grounds can enhance soil but may harm certain plants due to caffeine and acidity.
Agriculture
fromTasting Table
6 days ago

The Unexpected Benefits Of Using Dryer Lint In Your Vegetable Garden - Tasting Table

Dryer lint can be repurposed as mulch in gardens, helping to retain moisture and deter pests.
E-Commerce
fromEarth911
1 day ago

Sustainability In Your Ear: Don Carli On Tuning What We See Online To Reduce eCommerce Returns

Retail returns will cost $850 billion in 2026, with 22% due to products not matching online expectations.
Everyday cooking
fromTasting Table
20 hours ago

This Trash-To-Garden Hack Keeps Pests Away From Young Plants - Tasting Table

Protecting seedlings with cardboard tubes prevents damage from pests like cutworms and slugs during outdoor transplantation.
#sustainability
Brooklyn
fromBrownstoner
5 days ago

Brooklyn Creative Reuse Opens at Industry City

Brooklyn Creative Reuse provides affordable art materials and creative classes while promoting sustainability by keeping art supplies out of landfills.
Environment
fromEarth911
1 week ago

Earth911 Inspiration: The First Step To Sustainability

Sustainability begins with recognizing the connection between humanity and nature, free from artificial boundaries.
Brooklyn
fromBrownstoner
5 days ago

Brooklyn Creative Reuse Opens at Industry City

Brooklyn Creative Reuse provides affordable art materials and creative classes while promoting sustainability by keeping art supplies out of landfills.
Environment
fromEarth911
1 week ago

Earth911 Inspiration: The First Step To Sustainability

Sustainability begins with recognizing the connection between humanity and nature, free from artificial boundaries.
#composting
fromGothamist
4 days ago
NYC politics

New Yorkers stopped composting after city stopped giving them fines, report shows

NYC politics
fromGothamist
4 days ago

New Yorkers stopped composting after city stopped giving them fines, report shows

Enforcement of composting fines in New York City has decreased, leading to a significant drop in compost collection since 2025.
fromIndependent
3 days ago

Carpool, slow down and do your laundry at night - Government to warn public on energy use if Iran crisis persists

Officials from the Department of Energy are meeting daily as the Iran war drives up the price of fuel. A public awareness campaign is urging citizens to 'save energy, save your pocket.'
UK politics
Data science
fromFortune
4 days ago

Meet China's AI-powered recycling robot that sorts 220 pounds of clothes in 2 to 3 minutes | Fortune

AI technology in textile recycling significantly improves efficiency and reduces waste impact.
fromwww.theguardian.com
5 days ago

The dark side of the balloon boom is it time they were banned?

In 2019, scientists found that balloons eaten by seabirds are more likely to kill them than other kinds of plastic yet they do not seem to have been earmarked in the same way as, for example, plastic straws.
Public health
#waste-management
from24/7 Wall St.
5 days ago
Business

Had You Invested $1K in Waste Management or Republic Services 10 Years Ago, Here's What You'd Have Now

from24/7 Wall St.
2 months ago
Environment

Top 5 Waste Management & Landfill Stocks: Trash = Cash

Waste management firms form an oligopoly with durable pricing power and consistent cash generation, creating predictable long-term investment opportunities for select landfill owners.
fromEarth911
1 month ago
Environment

Sustainability In Your Ear: CurbWaste's Mike Marmo Is Building the Waste Logistics Layer of the Circular Economy

CurbWaste is building a digital operating system for independent haulers to capture per-load, chain-of-custody data and enable a circular economy through material visibility.
from24/7 Wall St.
5 days ago
Business

Had You Invested $1K in Waste Management or Republic Services 10 Years Ago, Here's What You'd Have Now

fromEarth911
1 month ago
Environment

Sustainability In Your Ear: CurbWaste's Mike Marmo Is Building the Waste Logistics Layer of the Circular Economy

Agriculture
fromEarth911
5 days ago

Biochar Was a Billion-Ton Dream, the Reality Is More Complicated

Biochar can store carbon and improve soil health, but recent analysis warns against overhyping its potential.
UK news
fromwww.theguardian.com
6 days ago

Say hello to the UK's most successful growth industry: organised waste crime | George Monbiot

Illegal waste dumping in the UK has surged, with thousands of sites and minimal penalties for offenders, creating a thriving criminal industry.
#food-waste
London politics
fromwww.bbc.com
1 week ago

New bin rules begin in England but not all councils are ready

New rules mandate weekly food waste collections in England, but many councils are unprepared to meet the deadline.
Agriculture
fromRealagriculture
5 days ago

Ag Policy Connection: Tackling food waste through a systems approach, with Lori Nikkel

Canada's food waste is a systemic issue, with 46.5% of food produced lost or wasted, necessitating a national food waste strategy.
Bootstrapping
fromEntrepreneur
6 days ago

Why Every Founder Should Tap Into the Refurbished Economy

Businesses are increasingly opting for refurbished assets to save costs and enhance sustainability amid rising expenses and unpredictable supply chains.
Environment
fromNature
1 day ago

'Yes, we can': a blueprint for a clean economy and healthy society

A new 'clean' economy focused on sustainability can lead to a more efficient and prosperous society.
UK politics
fromIndependent
3 days ago

Carpool, slow down and do your laundry at night - families to be warned to cut energy use in government campaign amid Iran crisis

Officials are meeting daily to address rising fuel prices due to the Iran war and promote energy-saving measures.
New York City
fromGothamist
4 days ago

Reforms to 'wild west' private trash industry come to Manhattan's Chinatown

Manhattan's Chinatown will implement new trash reforms requiring businesses to use authorized waste companies by May 2024.
fromEarth911
1 week ago

The State of Polystyrene Recycling In 2026

The #6 symbol on the foam container only tells you what kind of plastic it is, not if it can be recycled. If you put it in the bin just because you see a number and the recycling arrows, it can actually contaminate your other recyclables, like paper, cardboard, and aluminum, and might cause the whole batch to be rejected.
SF food
Data science
fromThe Walrus
5 days ago

Data Centres Are on Track to Wreck the Planet. Can We Stop Them? | The Walrus

Hyperscaled data centers consume massive power and water, raising concerns about their environmental impact.
OMG science
fromwww.bbc.com
6 days ago

The man who wants to bring human composting to the UK

A campaigner aims to introduce human composting in the UK as an alternative to traditional burial and cremation.
#recycling
Gadgets
fromWIRED
2 weeks ago

Can a Home Appliance Fix the Problem of Soft-Plastic Waste?

Clear Drop's Soft Plastic Compactor offers a unique solution for recycling soft plastics but may not be practical for average consumers.
Environment
fromEarth911
2 weeks ago

Guest Idea: What Really Happens After You Drop Off Recycling?

Recycling involves a complex journey from collection to sorting, influenced by local policies, technology, and consumer demand.
fromwww.cbc.ca
2 months ago
Canada news

Recycling company CEO blames timing of rollout for rocky start to new collection program | CBC News

Gadgets
fromWIRED
2 weeks ago

Can a Home Appliance Fix the Problem of Soft-Plastic Waste?

Clear Drop's Soft Plastic Compactor offers a unique solution for recycling soft plastics but may not be practical for average consumers.
Environment
fromEarth911
2 weeks ago

Guest Idea: What Really Happens After You Drop Off Recycling?

Recycling involves a complex journey from collection to sorting, influenced by local policies, technology, and consumer demand.
fromwww.cbc.ca
2 months ago
Canada news

Recycling company CEO blames timing of rollout for rocky start to new collection program | CBC News

Coffee
fromTasting Table
6 days ago

Don't Throw Out Coffee Grounds, Put Them On Your Patio - Tasting Table

Coffee grounds effectively repel ants and can prevent infestations when used proactively.
fromEarth911
3 weeks ago

Is Shredded Paper Recyclable?

Shredded paper is especially difficult to recycle, so many programs will not accept it. Shredding accelerates fiber shortening and lowers the paper grade from high-grade to mixed-grade. Mixed-grade paper is still recyclable, but it ends up baled and processed into products like paper towels and packing paper.
Portland
Artificial intelligence
fromInfoQ
1 week ago

Green IT: How to Reduce the Impact of AI on the Environment

AI's energy consumption and hardware churn pose significant challenges for green IT, necessitating sustainable design and transparency in usage costs.
Environment
fromArchDaily
1 week ago

How to Measure the Life Cycle of a Construction Material?

The construction industry significantly impacts the environment, consuming 32% of global energy and contributing to 34% of global CO₂ emissions.
#circular-economy
fromEarth911
2 months ago
Environment

Sustainability In Your Ear: Turning Waste Into New Products And Packaging With Overlay Capital's Elizabeth Blankenship-Singh

Renovation
fromwww.dw.com
2 weeks ago

Mining the city to build homes from demolition waste

Rotor DC and similar organizations across Europe salvage and resell reclaimed building materials from demolished structures to promote urban mining and circular economy practices.
Renovation
fromwww.dw.com
2 weeks ago

Mining cities to build homes from demolition waste

Rotor DC and similar organizations across Europe salvage and resell reclaimed building materials from demolished structures to promote urban mining and circular economy practices.
Non-profit organizations
fromCity Limits
1 month ago

Opinion: New York City Needs an Office of Circularity

New York City should establish a municipal Office of Circularity to transform its linear waste system into a circular economy, reducing environmental costs while creating jobs and serving communities in need.
fromEarth911
2 months ago
Environment

Sustainability In Your Ear: Turning Waste Into New Products And Packaging With Overlay Capital's Elizabeth Blankenship-Singh

SF food
fromEarth911
3 weeks ago

How To Recycle Sealed Air Instapak Foam Packaging

Instapak foam cushions are difficult to recycle through conventional systems due to their polyurethane foam and polyethylene film composite construction, making reuse the most practical disposal option.
Miscellaneous
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago

A delightful day at the dump: The trick is not to leave with more stuff than I arrived with!'

A recycling centre's ReUse shop in London salvages discarded items including unusual specimens like embalmed animals, vintage furniture, and antiques to resell rather than send to landfill.
Agriculture
fromEarth911
2 weeks ago

Convenience Comes at the Environment's Expense

Fast delivery convenience carries significant environmental costs through packaging waste, carbon emissions, and resource consumption, but individual yard management choices can meaningfully reduce environmental impact at a local scale.
Environment
fromEarth911
2 weeks ago

How You Can Help Keep Recycling Workers Safe

Recycling reduces waste and resource extraction, but material recovery facility workers face significant safety hazards, with nine deaths in 2023 and waste collection ranking as the fourth most dangerous job in the United States.
Renovation
fromLos Angeles Times
17 years ago

Taking the plunge with a composting toilet

A homeowner built a composting toilet as an affordable backup after expensive plumbing repairs, overcoming social stigma through practical necessity and research.
fromTasting Table
1 month ago

That Empty Potato Chip Bag Probably Doesn't Belong In Your Recycling Bin - Tasting Table

While you might assume that potato chip bags or other snack bags are recyclable, most are made from mixed materials. This means that the bags may contain plastic on the outside and an inner lining of plastic and aluminum film or foil. While the individual materials may be recyclable on their own, the only way they could be used is if the recycling facility has the means by which to separate the materials.
SF food
fromEarth911
1 month ago

What Can You Do With Your Old Electrical Wires and Cables?

According to the UN's Global E-waste Monitor 2024, a record 62 million metric tons of electronic waste was generated worldwide in 2022, an 82% increase since 2010. E-waste is projected to reach 82 million metric tons by 2030. In the U.S. alone, roughly 8 million tons of e-waste is discarded each year.
Environment
fromFast Company
1 month ago

These designers made a sustainable new building material from corn

This corn-based construction material was made by Manufactura, a Mexican sustainable materials company, and it imagines a second life for waste from the most widely produced grain in the world. The project started as an invitation by chef Jorge Armando, the founder of catering brand Taco Kween Berlin, to find ways he could reintegrate waste generated by his taqueria into architecture. A team led by designer Dinorah Schulte created corncretl during a residency last year in Massa Lombarda, Italy.
Science
fromEarth911
1 month ago

How to Recycle or Dispose of Single-Use Alkaline Batteries

Never place batteries of any type in your curbside recycling bin. Batteries can damage recycling equipment and, if lithium batteries are mixed in, cause fires. Always use designated battery collection programs.
Environment
fromSilicon Canals
2 months ago

This kitchen scrap makes the best free fertilizer and most people throw it away - Silicon Canals

Last week, I was making my morning coffee-you know, the complicated order I'm too embarrassed to say out loud at coffee shops-when I noticed the pile of used grounds in my filter. For years, I'd been tossing these straight into the trash without a second thought. But then I remembered something my grandmother wrote in one of her letters years ago: "The garden teaches us that nothing is truly waste."
Coffee
Environment
fromEarth911
1 month ago

Earth911 Inspiration: a Dozen Highly Effective Policies

A dozen highly effective policies in the largest countries can initiate a decisive post-carbon transition if implemented now.
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago

They pushed so many lies about recycling': the fight to stop big oil pumping billions more into plastics

Then she read an article in this newspaper, just over eight years ago, and discovered that fossil fuel companies had ploughed more than $180bn (130bn) into plastic plants in the US since 2010. It was a kick in the teeth, says Gardiner. You're telling me that while I am beating myself up because I forgot to bring my water bottle, all these huge oil companies are pouring billions She looks appalled. It was just such a shock.
Environment
fromEarth911
2 months ago

Recycling Mystery: Black-Colored Plastic

Black plastic gets its color from carbon black pigment and is commonly used in food containers, such as meat or produce trays and take-out containers, as well as disposable coffee lids, plastic bags, and hard plastic items like DVD cases and planters. While plastic is one of the categories of things that we are encouraged to recycle - when we can't reuse or repurpose it - not all black plastic items can be recycled.
Environment
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 months ago

Recycled plastic packaging claims are misleading, say experts

Europe's supermarket shelves are packed with brands billing their plastic packaging as sustainable, but often only a fraction of the materials are truly recovered from waste, with the rest made from petroleum. Brands using plastic packaging from Kraft's Heinz Beanz to Mondelez's Philadelphia use materials made by the plastic manufacturing arm of the oil company Saudi Aramco. The Saudi state-owned holding opposes production cuts under the UN plastic treaty and is the world's largest corporate greenhouse-gas emitter (over 70m tonnes up to 2023).
Environment
Environment
fromEarth911
2 months ago

Pizza Boxes Are More Recyclable Than Ever

Greasy pizza boxes are recyclable, widely accepted by mills and programs, and recycling them can recover substantial cardboard for new paper products.
Environment
fromEarth911
2 months ago

8 Ways to Reduce Your Impact Today

Simple daily choices—using reusables, conserving water, swapping to LEDs, and avoiding single-use plastics—reduce environmental impact while saving money.
Environment
fromEarth911
2 months ago

How to Recycle Foam Mattress Pads and Toppers

Foam mattress pads and memory foam toppers are not accepted in curbside recycling; reuse, donation, or specialized recycling prevents landfill disposal.
#seaweed-packaging
fromwww.bostonherald.com
2 months ago

Eco-friendly toilet papers are trendy, but their actual environmental impacts vary

Toilet paper, a product that is used for a few seconds before being disposed of forever, is typically made with trees, energy-intensive manufacturing processes and chemicals that can pollute the environment. Experts say more consumers are seeking toilet paper made from recycled content or sustainable materials, but it can be hard to know what to look for. Sustainable toilet paper often costs more, but can have significant environmental benefits.
Environment
fromEarth911
1 month ago

Earth911 Inspiration: Waste Can End With You

We can make changes to reduce our waste by precycling when we shop, reducing what we purchase, reusing items to get the most use out of them, and recycling when possible. But when we have items to throw away, please dispose of trash responsibly and don't litter. Let's reduce our waste and clean up our planet. It's our only home.
Environment
Environment
fromEarth911
2 months ago

The State of Plastic Bottle in 2026

Major beverage companies' sustainable plastic packaging goals have been scaled back, while PET recycling rates remain low and vast quantities of bottles go to landfills.
Environment
fromEarth911
2 months ago

Recycling Mystery: Silicone Products

Silicone is durable and hard to recycle through regular municipal systems, but mail-in programs and specialized services now offer recycling options.
Environment
fromTasting Table
2 months ago

Garbage Bag Alternatives That Won't Cost You A Penny - Tasting Table

Households can eliminate store-bought garbage bags by reusing free plastic packaging and reducing waste through recycling, composting, and reusable alternatives.
fromEarth911
2 months ago

Guest Idea: 7 Solutions to Give Your Old Sunglasses a Second Life

Just like that coffee cup, eyewear is a complex fusion of materials. Metal hinges are screwed into polymer frames, which hold chemically-coated lenses. This mix of metals, plastics, and coatings means standard sorting machines cannot process them. As a result, they are rejected as contamination and sent directly to landfills, where they contribute to non-biodegradable waste. Unlike a disposable paper cup, however, a pair of sunglasses is built for durability. Its high-quality components make it a perfect candidate for repair, reuse, or reinvention.
Environment
fromArchDaily
2 months ago

Circular Composites: Designing for a Sustainable Future

One of the earliest large-scale examples of composite materials can be found in the Great Wall of China, where stone, clay bricks, and organic fibers such as reeds and willow branches were blended to create a resilient and lasting structure. These early techniques reveal a timeless intuition: distinct materials, when combined thoughtfully, produce properties unattainable by any single element.
Environment
Environment
fromEarth911
2 months ago

Recycling Mystery: Should You Refill or Recycle Ink Cartridges?

Reusing printer cartridges saves manufacturing resources, reduces landfill pollution and toxic leachate, and supports the circular economy.
Environment
fromIndependent
1 month ago

Revealed: How much households face being hit with from new bin collection price hike

Panda Recycling will raise household bin lift charges by up to 9%, exceeding inflation and affecting thousands of households.
fromInsideHook
1 month ago

Could Recycled Plastic Lead to More Housing?

When you think about building a house, what materials come to mind? Brick, wood and metal all come to mind; there are also some very distinctive glass houses out there. (Even if their occupants should refrain from throwing stones - though honestly, that's a good tip for indoor living in general.) A group of MIT researchers have come up with a very different way of making buildings, and it's one that also addresses an ongoing waste issue."We've estimated that the world needs about 1 billion new homes by 2050. If we try to make that many homes using wood, we would need to clear-cut the equivalent of the Amazon rainforest three times over," explained AJ Perez, who conducts his research in the MIT Office of Innovation. The title of a paper written by Perez and his colleagues - "Design, Manufacture and Testing of Structural Trusses Using Additively Manufactured Polymer Composites" - gives a sense of the solution that they have in mind.
Environment
fromEarth911
2 months ago

10 Creative Ways to Reuse Milk and Juice Cartons

Paper milk and juice cartons are great for starting seeds because they are waterproof and strong enough to hold soil. You can cut the carton in half or make a window on one side, fill it with potting mix, and plant your seeds. Home Baked Bliss recommends cartons for bigger or fast-growing plants. When you're ready to move your seedlings, just cut off the bottom and plant the whole carton in the ground to protect the roots from pests.
Environment
fromEarth911
2 months ago

The Earth911 Lithium-Ion Battery Recycling Guide

Lithium-ion (Li-ion) batteries are found in many devices we use every day, like smartphones, laptops, tablets, wireless earbuds, power tools, e-bikes, and electric vehicles. By 2023, there were more than 40 million electric vehicles on the road worldwide, and billions of portable electronics used Li-ion cells. These batteries are valuable for recycling, but they can be dangerous if not disposed of correctly.
Environment
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