NOAA Reports Million Pieces of Trash Collected Along Monterey Bay Shoreline; Massive Garbage Build Up Threatens Ecosystem

Medicine & Technology Nov 21, 2023

Over 1 million pieces of trash were collected by volunteers along the shores of Monterey Bay from 2017 to 2021. Find out how it can affect the ecosystems in this article.

Smart Bin Turns Trash Into Chicken Feed but With Strings Attached

Aug 13, 2023

Creating any type of animal food would require approval from the FDA and AAFCO. Read to learn more.

Beach-Cleaning Robot To Pick Up the Trash Left at Lake Tahoe After the Fourth of July Celebration

Jul 04, 2023

Fourth of July celebration left the beaches of Lake Tahoe covered in trash to be picked up by an all-electric, beach-cleaning robot. Continue reading the article to find out more about these robots.

Merle the Eco Mermaid From Florida Wants to Set 5th Guinness World Record for Swimming 50 Kilometers to Collect Trash

Apr 19, 2023

Merle the eco mermaid is eyeing Guinness World Record as she continues to collect trash from the ocean. Continue reading.

NASA Offers Challenge and Reward In Finding Solution For Waste, Trash Sustainable Reprocessing In Mars and Other Space Missions; How to Join

Jan 20, 2022

NASA is looking for answers to the challenges presented by space waste.

This Scientist Found a Way to "Re-Form" Old Cellphones and Other E-Waste

Feb 15, 2021

Veena Sahajwalla, a supplies scientist and engineer at the College of New South Wales in Sydney, Australia, created waste microfactories to address humanity's large trash downside -- the growing number of e-wastes.

When You Put The Wrong Trash In The Wrong Bin

Jun 27, 2019

Those who aspire to help in the recycling program should always know where to put what or else, they fail and cost the environment more.

Wealthy Nations Seek Solutions at Home as More Developing Countries Reject Plastic Waste Exports

Jun 11, 2019

Less than two years after China banned most imports of scrap material from abroad, many of its neighbors are following suit.

Western Plastic: To Spurn or To Burn?

Jun 10, 2019

What will the world do with all these plastic trash from highly industrialized Western countries?

Shocking Truth Behind Australia’s Recycling Revealed

Apr 14, 2019

An investigation spearheaded by 60 Minutes revealed that the real problem of Australia’s recycling is that there is no truth to its existence.

Bald Eagles Join the Environmentalist Crusade by Dropping Trash in the Suburbs

Apr 05, 2019

Residents in Seattle are experiencing a wake-up call via America’s bird.

Microplastics Found In Creatures From The Deep Ocean

Mar 28, 2019

The deeper they looked, the more plastic they found and it has reached the deepest parts of the ocean.

Recycling is in Crisis

Mar 05, 2019

The once lucrative trade is now suffering.

Archaeologists Discovered 19th Century Trash in Iowa Developing Site

May 10, 2017

Archaeologists excavated a city trash pit full of 19th-century trash.

Can You Fathom the Trash? New Study Reveals Eight Million Tons of Plastic Trash Reach the Oceans Each Year

Feb 13, 2015

If you were to guess the amount of tonnage of trash in the sea, we bet that you’d be off by a couple of millions. That’s right, millions with an “M”. You may think that you can estimate the trash based on what you see at the beach, but researchers say that the calculation is a bit more complex than what the average guesser might think.