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Charlotte’s airport employs 1.9 million worms to compost leftover food
Charlotte has invested $1.2 million in better solutions for dealing with the food passengers throw away, including a giant vermicomposting bin. It's 50 feet long!
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Farmers in Nepal double their crops through the magic of pee
It’s not just good for the crops -- it also reduces waste.
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We have only 40 years worth of helium left, and we’re wasting it on giant balloons?
We all know what Thanksgiving is about: good food, friends and family, feeling grateful for the blessings in our lives, and gigantic balloons of cartoon characters. Enjoy it while it lasts.
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In the future, wind turbine blades could be made out of vegetables
Unlike some fuel sources we could name, wind power doesn’t dump tons of carbon into the atmosphere. But that doesn’t mean turbines don’t come with their own environmental issues. Those majestic, gigantic turbine blades — which start at 37 yards long and can weigh more than 15 tons — eventually wear out and have to […]
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This company cleans up nuclear waste by turning it into glass
Among all of the terrible ways to get rid of nuclear waste, there's one that stands above the rest for being a little less horrible: turning the radioactive parts into glass, a process called “vitrification.”
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One square inch of glass will make your data live forever
It’s nigh-indestructible.
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Better than a reusable coffee cup: An edible coffee cup made out of a cookie
It’s all the rage lately to deliver food in edible packaging, because if you eat the container, there’s no waste to dispose of — no paper coffee cup, no plastic wrapper that ends up in the ocean. While tomato-basil membranes sound intriguing, if not exactly appetizing, here’s an idea for an edible container that pretty […]
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City takes your collected trash, gives you fresh food in return
A growing number of cities in Central and South America are giving residents what may be the best deal ever made: You give us trash, and we give you food.
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Wool balls keep your laundry soft, and maaaaybe save energy
When I was taught to do laundry, I was told that a Bounce dryer sheet went into the dryer with every load of wet clothes. But the green-minded among us have come up with a better solution to keeping your clothes static-free and soft (without involving PVC in the process): wool dryer balls. Get a […]