Tag: waste
Decades of public messages about recycling in the US have crowded...
Michaela Barnett, University of Virginia; Leidy Klotz, University of Virginia; Patrick I. Hancock, University of Virginia, and Shahzeen Attari, Indiana University
Just in time for back-to-school shopping: How retailers can alter customer...
Christopher Faires, Iowa State University and Robert Overstreet, Iowa State University
Back-to-school sales are underway, and people across the...
Will we eventually have to send our trash into space if...
Kate O'Neill, University of California, Berkeley
Curious Kids is a series for children of all...
Dung beetle mothers protect their offspring from a warming world by...
Kimberly S. Sheldon, University of Tennessee
If the TV series “Dirty Jobs” covered animals as well as humans, it...
What is pay-as-you-throw? A waste expert explains
Lily Baum Pollans, Hunter College
Pay-as-you-throw is a policy that charges people for the amount of trash they toss out. It’s also sometimes called variable-rate...
Packaging generates a lot of waste – now Maine and Oregon...
Jessica Heiges, University of California, Berkeley and Kate O'Neill, University of California, Berkeley
Most consumers don’t pay much attention...
How to turn plastic waste in your recycle bin into profit
Joshua M. Pearce, Michigan Technological University
People will recycle if they can make money doing so. In places where cash is offered for cans and...
Secondhand clothing sales are booming – and may help solve the...
Hyejune Park, Oklahoma State University and Cosette Marie Joyner Armstrong, Oklahoma State University
A massive force is reshaping the fashion industry: secondhand clothing. According to...
EXPLORING NATURE
The chickadee in the snowbank: A ‘canary in the coal mine’...
Benjamin Sonnenberg, University of Nevada, Reno
Wet snow pelts my face and pulls against my skis as I climb...
