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Diesel garbage trucks average 3 miles per gallon. It’s time to go electric

October 16, 2020 by Ivar Laanen

Last month, we featured a story out of New York City where new electric garbage trucks are being tested on the streets of Brooklyn to take the sound and smell of exhaust fumes out of the waste collection equation. The garbage truck in that story was Mack’s LR Electric, a greener … [Read more...] about Diesel garbage trucks average 3 miles per gallon. It’s time to go electric

Salvaging wood from Baltimore’s abandoned homes creates jobs and cuts waste

October 29, 2019 by Ivar Laanen

Baltimore, like many post-industrial cities, confronts novel challenges. Once the sixth-largest city in the United States, Baltimore’s population has contracted by more than a third, resulting from a complex suite of factors, including job loss, economic decline, and … [Read more...] about Salvaging wood from Baltimore’s abandoned homes creates jobs and cuts waste

Private trash haulers have stopped shipping waste to poor countries

October 21, 2019 by Ivar Laanen

In May, when nearly all the world’s nations signed an agreement to limit the amount of unrecyclable plastic waste shipped to developing countries, the U.S. refused to sign. But after months of global outcry over the United States’ role in the plastic pollution crisis, companies … [Read more...] about Private trash haulers have stopped shipping waste to poor countries

Got old electronics? Here’s how to dispose of them properly

October 15, 2019 by Ivar Laanen

Do you have a digital camera? Do you still use it, or does it sit quietly in a desk drawer, overshadowed by your iPhone’s camera lens? With the rate at which technology advances these days, chances are we all have old gadgets that are now obsolete or that we just don’t use … [Read more...] about Got old electronics? Here’s how to dispose of them properly

India’s first ‘garbage cafe’ provides meals in exchange for trash

July 2, 2019 by Ivar Laanen

They say you shouldn’t waste your food, but in this unique case, the waste you collect is what can get you food. India just launched its very first ‘garbage cafe’ in the city of Ambikapur in the central Indian state of Chhattisgarh. An initiative of the Municipal Corporation, the … [Read more...] about India’s first ‘garbage cafe’ provides meals in exchange for trash

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