How to Organize Your Tech and Purge That Random Box of Cables
While it is an absolute privilege to lay hands on the latest tech, my home as a gadget reviewer often resembles a warehouse. Piled high with cardboard boxes and cables …
Recycling
Sustainability: China proposes first standards for recycling wind turbines to manage imminent surge of retired equipment
China has issued its first set of proposed standards for recycling retired onshore wind turbines, laying the foundation for tackling supply chain sustainability challenges arising from renewable energy generation. The …
The Big Problem With the Giant Stanley Cup
That strategy tapped into deep currents in consumer culture that can drive huge sales—but also overconsumption. “We see all the time that [a customer] wants her Quencher to match her …
Meet Oscar, the Canadian-built, AI-driven recycling system helping governments go green
Standing in the middle of a cafeteria at Global Affairs, Soren Antosz was testing Oscar, a new, high-tech tool popping up in federal government buildings. Antosz holds up a paper …
Indonesia’s youth clean up trash from waterways, but more permanent solutions are still elusive
At a lake in the West Javan city of Bogor, children and teenagers paddle towards piles of floating trash, pick it up and store it in their kayaks, before passing …
Electric vehicle batteries may have a new source material – used tires
As demand for electric vehicles continues to grow, one start-up company is looking to make the cars even more sustainable – by turning used tires into batteries. Most electric vehicles …
The tragic cost of e-waste and new efforts to recycle
We think a lot about where products come from when we buy them, less so about where they go when we’re finished. When we throw things away, this is “away”: …
Why Isn’t Landfill Mining More Popular?
Americans tossed 292.4 million tons of trash into landfills in 2018, or about 5 pounds of garbage per person per day. Once in a landfill, much of that trash undergoes …
Entrepreneur turns passion for recycling into thriving business
Business is on the rise for 23-year-old recycling and art enthusiast Minenhle Simelane. Simelane owns Umlazi Arts and Recycling and crochets recycled plastic into mats – a skill that he …
New rule would make it easier for Americans to unionize
By DEE-ANN DURBIN (AP Business Writer) A new federal rule that goes into effect next month could make it easier for millions of workers to form unions at big companies …