This story was originally published by Grist. Sign up for Grist’s weekly newsletter here. It’s Earth Day 1990, and Meryl Streep walks into a bar. She’s distraught about the state of the environment. “It’s crazy what we’re doing. It’s very, very, very bad,” she says in ABC’s prime-time Earth Day special, letting out heavy sighs and listing jumbled […]
This story was originally published by Grist. Sign up for Grist’s weekly newsletter here. To build all of the solar panels, wind turbines, electric vehicle batteries, and other technologies necessary to fight climate change, we’re going to need a lot more metals. Mining those metals from the Earth creates damage and pollution that threaten ecosystems and communities. But […]
If you’ve ever spent time on a beach in the Gulf of Mexico or the Caribbean, there is a solid chance you stumbled across a slimy mass of stinky, sulfurous-smelling seaweed. The specific marine plant in question during those gross encounters is likely sargassum—while helpful for absorbing CO2, sargassum is also incredibly invasive, and can […]
One e-toy for every person on Earth—that’s the staggering amount of electric trains, drones, talking dolls, R/C cars, and other children’s gadgets tossed into landfills every year. Some of what most consumers consider to be e-waste—like electronics such as computers, smartphones, TVs, and speaker systems—are usual suspects. Others, like power tools, vapes, LED accessories, USB […]
Recycled plastic bottles failed them, but the company plans to use other sustainable materials by 2032.
Mixing a coffee biochar into concrete can strengthen the building material by as much as 30 percent while possibly minimizing emissions.
All those possibly toxic particulates have to go somewhere, i.e. potentially city water systems, or the larger environment.
Plastic recycling is notoriously ineffective and wasteful, but training AI to help sift through the material could be a game changer.
Tiny shampoo bottles are not sustainable. Everything you need to have a more sustainable toiletry kit you probably already have.
Safely recycle those ancient AAs in your junk drawer or the old car battery gathering dust in your garage. Here’s how to do it.
