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

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

Your guide to a Thanksgiving dinner without food waste

By Rachel Feltman

Where to find cardboard boxes when you’re moving

Where to find cardboard boxes when you’re moving

By John Kennedy

Money, shoes, poop, and other highlights from the 796 items we’ve left on the moon

By Sara Chodosh

melted plasticware

Scientists are making progress with better plastic-eating bacteria

By Sarah Scoles

We waste 40 percent of the food we grow—here’s where it goes

We waste 40 percent of the food we grow—here’s where it goes

Inside the global fight over a 2,500-ton heap of garbage

Inside the global fight over a 2,500-ton heap of garbage

How to keep raccoons and possums away from your house

How to keep raccoons and possums away from your house

waste recycling machine

How to actually recycle

don't flush these things down your toilet

14 things you should never flush down the toilet

By Amy Schellenbaum

We trained crows to pick up garbage, but can we teach ourselves?

We trained crows to pick up garbage, but can we teach ourselves?

Your regular reminder that humans still waste way too much food

Your regular reminder that humans still waste way too much food

By Rachel Feltman

Plastic junk spews greenhouse gases, just like cows and cars

Plastic junk spews greenhouse gases, just like cows and cars

electronic waste

You throw out 44 pounds of electronic waste a year. Here’s how to keep it out of the dump.

By Whitson Gordon

11 easy ways you can help save the planet this Earth Day

11 easy ways you can help save the planet this Earth Day

By Rachel Feltman

Anyone can compost their food waste (and everyone should)

Anyone can compost their food waste (and everyone should)

By Claire Maldarelli

Scientists stumbled upon a plastic-eating bacterium—then accidentally made it stronger

Scientists stumbled upon a plastic-eating bacterium—then accidentally made it stronger

By Neel V. Patel

The great Pacific garbage patch is even trashier than we thought

The great Pacific garbage patch is even trashier than we thought

By Mary Beth Griggs

The grease recycling industry feeds on your city’s oily underbelly

The grease recycling industry feeds on your city’s oily underbelly

By Eleanor Cummins

Seagulls are eating all of our garbage

Seagulls are eating all of our garbage

By Kate Baggaley

Hold onto your butts: Don’t let dogs get stoned on your leftover weed

Hold onto your butts: Don’t let dogs get stoned on your leftover weed

By Eleanor Cummins

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Guess how many giant patches of garbage there are in the ocean now?

By Kendra Pierre-Louis

Humans have created 9.1 billion tons of plastic. Here’s how you can help stop the madness.

This remote island in the South Pacific is covered in 18 tons of our trash

This remote island in the South Pacific is covered in 18 tons of our trash

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Why don’t we just throw all our garbage into volcanoes?

By Mary Beth Griggs

Masses Of Vultures In Cities Pose A Threat To Aircraft

Masses Of Vultures In Cities Pose A Threat To Aircraft

By Grennan Milliken

Plastic Waste Could Fuel Your Car One Day

Plastic Waste Could Fuel Your Car One Day

By PopSci Editors

Five Trillion Pieces Of Plastic Are Floating In An Ocean Near You [Interactive]

Five Trillion Pieces Of Plastic Are Floating In An Ocean Near You [Interactive]

By Christie Wilcox

Is It Possible For New York City To Have Zero Waste?

Is It Possible For New York City To Have Zero Waste?

By Mary Beth Griggs

The World Is Throwing Out Billions Of Dollars Along With Its Electronic Waste

By Mary Beth Griggs

Researchers Find Just How Much Plastic We’re Putting Into The Ocean

Researchers Find Just How Much Plastic We’re Putting Into The Ocean

Where Do Recycled Electronics Go?

Where Do Recycled Electronics Go?

By Alexandra Ossola

The Garbage Man

The Garbage Man

By PopSci Editors

A Waterwheel That Picks Up Floating Trash

A Waterwheel That Picks Up Floating Trash

By Allie Wilkinson

Plastic-Eating Underwater Drone Could Swallow the Great Pacific Garbage Patch

Plastic-Eating Underwater Drone Could Swallow the Great Pacific Garbage Patch

By Rebecca Boyle

Polar-Mounted Laser Could Zap Space Junk, Protecting Satellites and the Space Station

International Space Station

Polar-Mounted Laser Could Zap Space Junk, Protecting Satellites and the Space Station

By Rebecca Boyle