From burger wrappers to masks, bird nests tell story of throwaway culture https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/apr/04/from-burger-wrappers-masks-bird-nests-story-throwaway-culture #Animalbehaviour #Environment #Netherlands #Pollution #Worldnews #Plastics #Wildlife #Animals #Biology #Science #Europe #Birds #Waste
In the nests of birds up high,
Lies a tale of waste in the sky,
Burger wrappers and masks,
In a landfill's dark tasks,
Mother Nature mourns with a sigh.
#GuardianLimerick #Plastics #Birds #Waste #Wildlife #Pollution #Environment #Animals #Netherlands #Europe #Biology #Science
@RandallHawes Carney has been *heavily* promoting Public/Private Partnerships. We all know how those work out.
#scam #corruption #waste
The Dark Side Of Fast Fashion Business Models https://www.byteseu.com/882866/ #business #BusinessModels #ClimateChange #emissions #EnvironmentalImpact #FastFashion #Microplastics #Pollution #Shein #Waste #zara
https://www.europesays.com/1959746/ The Dark Side Of Fast Fashion Business Models #america #business #BusinessModels #ClimateChange #emissions #EnvironmentalImpact #FastFashion #Microplastics #pollution #shein #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #US #USA #waste #Zara
The #Trump Admin Has Spent $40 Million to Jail About 400 Migrants at #Guantánamo
The disclosure of the tab so far came after a visit by 5 senators to the offshore operation, who condemned it as a #waste of resources.
#hypocrisy #GovernmentSpending #DOGE #USpol #law #immigration
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/31/us/politics/migrants-guantanamo-costs.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=p&pvid=10599E2C-BA8F-4BB4-B587-AD29355EFCA4
Dumped fruit ended up in N.B. landfill because donating would have been too risky, group says
Bunches of bright red tomatoes were spotted in boxes in a landfill earlier this month, but the group that oversees the distribution of food to food banks says that isn't what it looks like.
#food #waste #donation #risk #NB #News
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/fruit-landfill-food-depot-alimentaire-1.7498108?cmp=rss
Bioengineered red yeast turns wood waste into a valuable fatty acid
https://phys.org/news/2025-03-bioengineered-red-yeast-wood-valuable.html
France implements compulsory composting. Here’s how it will help slash emissions https://www.diningandcooking.com/1989259/france-implements-compulsory-composting-heres-how-it-will-help-slash-emissions/ #FoodWaste #francais #france #French #FrenchDiet #GreenhouseGasEmissions #methane #Recycling #waste
Australia’s best photos of the month – March 2025 https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2025/mar/31/australias-best-photos-of-the-month-march-2025 #IndigenousAustralians #Melbournefestival #Australiaweather #Domesticviolence #Sydneyfestival #Extremeweather #Climatecrisis #Australianews #Lifeandstyle #Photography #Environment #Recycling #Worldnews #Swimming #Flooding #Protest #Themoon #Surfing #Ramadan #Culture #Fitness #Sydney #Oceans #Music #Islam #Space #Waste #Sport
#DumpTheGuardian | Coca-Cola plastic waste in oceans expected to reach 602m kilograms a year by 2030
"Coca-Cola ranks as the world’s top branded plastic polluter, followed by PepsiCo, Nestlé, Danone and Altria, according to a 2024 study published in Science Advances."
Dying fish, polluted water and a terrible stench: the French firm accused of dumping toxic waste in Colombia’s wetlands https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2025/mar/27/dying-fish-polluted-water-and-a-terrible-stench-the-french-firm-accused-of-dumping-toxic-waste-in-colombias-wetlands
The circular plastics #economy: from #bakery #waste to #curlers with a #care effect
The #CircularEconomy is a key building block for a #sustainable #future. 
This is precisely where the “TechCirclePolymers” #technology #transfer project of the Institute for Circular Economy of Bio:Polymers (ibp) at Hof University comes in: It aims to improve the #recycling of #plastics and #biopolymers. 
Read more: https://t1p.de/3r8tq
"The burden of disposability is shifted away from the producer and onto the consumer through taxes and costs to governments in cleaning up the damage that this creates."
System Failures: #PlannedObsolescence and Enforced #Disposability
Many U.S. communities have taken steps to reduce food waste in recent years, but seen little progress. One state has actually managed to pull it off. Here’s how. #food #waste #renewables
Posted into The American Story @the-american-story-csmonitor
I'll be glad the day they stop holding the Olympics, a massive waste of money and bribery.
How to recycle your stuff in the UK
https://it-recycle.uk/
#Recycling #UK #eWaste #Waste #SolarPunkSunday
