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Recycling

Cities could one day power homes and fuel cars with plastic, a giant step toward solving the pollution crisis Recycling

Cities could one day power homes and fuel cars with plastic, a giant step toward solving the pollution crisis

Cities and towns aren't quite sure what to do with your plastic bags and shrink wrap. These items, like many forms of plastic, often can't be recycled because they don't fetch a decent price or contain chemical properties that make them difficult to repurp…
bubmag
July 25, 2019
Sri Lanka is sending hundreds of tons of trash — apparently including rotten human remains — back to the UK, as Southeast Asia continues its fight against Western garbage Recycling

Sri Lanka is sending hundreds of tons of trash — apparently including rotten human remains — back to the UK, as Southeast Asia continues its fight against Western garbage

Sri Lanka has ordered the return of hundreds of tons of trash to Britain, the latest move in Southeast Asia's campaign to end its role as a dumping ground for garbage made in the West. According to Sri Lankan officials, the stinking containers include moun…
bubmag
July 23, 2019
How to hide from the cops Recycling

How to hide from the cops

Back in 2017, The Nation ran a superb, in-depth story on "heirs' property," a legalized form of property theft that allows primarily rich white developers to expropriate land owned by the descendants' of Black slaves. Last month, Paul Hansmeier was sentenced…
bubmag
July 22, 2019