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Dead DropOur Slack is an ever-growing recycling bin of abandoned links. News, memes, photos, quotes, and brain-poisoned bacchanalia must all be wiped from our memories so we can blog tomorrow—but before we do that, we’re forwarding the best of it to you! Welcome to Dead Drop.Why do Americans apply the…

Sidewalk Labs is closing its project in Toronto, the company said in a brief statement on Thursday. “For the last two-and-a-half years, we have been passionate about making Quayside happen — indeed, we have invested time, people, and resources in Toronto, including opening a 30-person office on the waterfront,” wrote…

Dying to go outside? Well, can’t do that yet, but the latest Sims 4 expansion pack is designed to help create a better world. The Sims 4 Eco Lifestyle releases on June 5 and is all about that green living. This isn’t the first Sims 4 expansion pack with conservationist…

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Some places in the US are reporting a 40 percent increase in household rubbish collection and recycling because of the coronavirus movement curbs. This is putting a strain on the sanitation workers, who are missing a third of their teams because of the fallout from the virus. Al Jazeera's Alan…

With trash sorting regulations starting to take effect across China, we’ve compiled a general guide on how to dispose rubbish under the new rules. Though things like trashcan colors may differ by city, visitors and residents can generally expect uniform nationwide policies for throwing away garbage. As of May 2020, trash sorting…

Wire have a new album of stray recordings and outtakes, 10:20, on the way. Originally scheduled for a vinyl-only release on the now-extremely delayed Record Store Day, the seminal UK post-punk band have since decided to give the LP a full general release on all formats in June. They’ve already…

By Keiron Philip Roberts, Research Fellow, University of Portsmouth Anne Stringfellow, Senior Research Fellow, University of Southampton, and Ian Williams, Professor of Applied Environmental Science, University of Southampton. Originally published at The Conversation Coronavirus has revealed just how fragile our waste cycle is.Globally, collection services are being reduced because of…

What if the “great ocean garbage patches” were just the tip of the iceberg? While more than ten million tonnes of plastic waste enters the sea each year, we actually see just 1% of it – the portion that floats on the ocean surface. What happens to the missing 99%…

Credit: CC0 Public Domain Analysis by Professor Ian Williams and Anne Stringfellow from the University of Southampton and Keiron Roberts from the University of Portsmouth has highlighted the enormous impact of the COVID19 lockdown measures on waste management in the UK. Their analysis shows that with almost all household waste…