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Little baby and stack of diapers on bed, closeup

Japan makes breakthrough in dirty diaper recycling

Minamitorishima island in Pacific Ocean seen from above

Japan eyes distant island for nuclear waste dump

Shipwreck anchor and jugs underwater

Shipwreck over a mile deep has centuries’ old artifacts—and modern garbage

VERO four legged robot vacuuming cigarette butts

This plodding robot sucks up cigarette butts

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

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

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

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

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

By Lauren J. Young

produce in recyclable bags

How to go zero-waste at the grocery store

By Alisha McDarris

Pile of holiday cards that can be recycled to reduce waste

4 simple ways to reduce holiday waste

By Eleanor Cummins

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

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

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.

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.

Make natural fabric dye with vegetable scraps

By Natalie Wallington

A blue recycling bin with a recycling symbol on it.

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

By Natalie Wallington

outdoors compositing pile with veggies

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.

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

By Lauren Leffer

Crushed single-use plastic water bottle in hand.

Adding enzymes to bioplastics can make them disappear

By Shaena Montanari

Ask Us Anything

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

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

Will we ever be able to recycle all our plastic?

By Candice Wang