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VERO four legged robot vacuuming cigarette butts
Technology

This plodding robot sucks up cigarette butts

By Andrew Paul

Look inside London’s new Super Sewer, an engineering marvel for rubbish and poo
Technology

Look inside London’s new Super Sewer, an engineering marvel for rubbish and poo

By Rob Verger

A set of hand soaps and shampoo bars over organic cotton covers and other wooden-made toiletries.
DIY

Travel more sustainably with a DIY zero-waste toiletry kit

By Alisha McDarris

a pile of plastic trash with an emphasis of a gray crate filled with other plastic items including a black plastic eel trap
Environment

A close look at the Great Pacific Garbage Patch reveals a common culprit

By Lauren J. Young

produce in recyclable bags
DIY

How to go zero-waste at the grocery store

By Alisha McDarris

Pile of holiday cards that can be recycled to reduce waste
DIY

4 simple ways to reduce holiday waste

By Eleanor Cummins

DARPA’s solution to the military’s plastic trash problem? Eat it.
Technology

DARPA’s solution to the military’s plastic trash problem? Eat it.

By Kelsey D. Atherton

a disposable face mask in a pile of wet fall leaves
Health

Humans created an extra 8 million tons of plastic waste during the pandemic

By Kate Baggaley

A bear sleeping, maybe after eating its fill of trash.
DIY

How to keep fat bears (and other bears) out of your trash

By Natalie Wallington

Three mason jars with homemade fabric dye and some dyed shirts inside them. From left to right: purple, orange, and pink.
DIY

Make natural fabric dye with vegetable scraps

By Natalie Wallington

A blue recycling bin with a recycling symbol on it.
DIY

What do the numbers on plastic mean? And 3 other trashy questions, answered.

By Natalie Wallington

outdoors compositing pile with veggies
DIY

How to keep food, plastic, and fabric out of the landfill

By Jennifer Ball

Empty cups, both plastic and paper, take out containers, straws, and other trash sit in a multi-colored pile. Starbucks, Nathans, Dunkin Donuts, and Canada Dry logos are visible on some of the items.
Environment

Your compostable cups and containers aren’t reversing the plastic problem

By Lauren Leffer

Crushed single-use plastic water bottle in hand.
Environment

Adding enzymes to bioplastics can make them disappear

By Shaena Montanari

trash falling into a volcano under the ask us anything logo
Science

Ask Us Anything: Why can’t we burn our trash in volcanoes?

By Claire Maldarelli, Jessica Boddy

Bowling lane and bowling pin on sea green background
Environment

Meet the matchmaker pairing commercial waste with companies ready to reuse it

By Tom Vanderbilt

Plastic water bottles and aluminum soda cans in a bin
Environment

Will we ever be able to recycle all our plastic?

By Candice Wang

An apple on the ground in the forest, surrounded by fallen leaves.
Environment

Once you know what happens to food you leave outdoors, you’ll stop doing it

By Alisha McDarris

Your guide to a Thanksgiving dinner without food waste
Environment

Your guide to a Thanksgiving dinner without food waste

By Rachel Feltman

Where to find cardboard boxes when you’re moving
DIY

Where to find cardboard boxes when you’re moving

By John Kennedy