Tag: Municipal solid 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
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...
About one-third of the food Americans buy is wasted, hurting the...
Brian E. Roe, The Ohio State University
You saw it at Thanksgiving, and you’ll likely see it at your...
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...
Why can’t we throw all our trash into a volcano and...
Emily Johnson, US Geological Survey
Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an expert...
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...
Designing batteries for easier recycling could avert a looming e-waste crisis
Zheng Chen, University of California San Diego and Darren H. S. Tan, University of California San Diego
As concern mounts over the impacts of climate...
Is burning trash a good way to handle it? Waste incineration...
Ana Baptista, The New School
Burning trash has a long history in the United States, and municipal solid waste incinerators have sparked resistance in many...
EXPLORING NATURE
In Disney’s ‘Moana,’ the characters navigate using the stars, just like...
Christopher Palma, Penn State
If you have visited an island like one of the Hawaiian Islands, Tahiti or Easter...
