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I was thinking this morning, there should be more things like Goodwill, more thrift stores like that everywhere, for even LESS things going to landfills. Just people getting together, even as a trade or barter system, things like flea markets or garage sales-- people do some of this already.
Reusing things is so important, and repair, when possible-- I've been seeing some cool self-repair fix-it meetups on here, too.
As I was talking to my wife about it, and I remembered thi…

Good job Bose! Open sourcing EOL products should be a universal law.
We could save so many products from landfills.
https://vger.to/lemmy.world/post/41308380

"Windows Broken Into Become Earrings in One Woman’s Quest to Keep Glass Out of Landfills"
#Landfill #Environment

Windows Broken Into Become Earrings in One Woman's Quest to Keep Glass Out of Landfills
She takes advantage of safety glass' crystalline structure to quickly turn the broken pieces into floral-themed earrings of jade green.

"They know how to eat methane,”
said Josh Silverman, the company’s CEO and founder.
“We’re not creating something new.
We’re not teaching them to do something they don’t normally do.
They’ve evolved for a million years to do this.”
https://www.w…

These pink microbes could help reduce planet-warming methane emissions
Microscopic organisms are being deployed to capture methane from sources such as farms and landfills, with the potential for reuse as fertilizer and fish food.

Johannesburg is showing African cities how climate action gets done.
The city is racing toward net-zero by 2050 with bold moves: diverting 100% of garden waste from landfills by 2040, building micro-grids in informal settlements, and creating jobs while cutting emissions.
Their approach is becoming a model for scalable climate solutions across the continent.

Measuring the consequences of plastic contamination #environment

Measuring the consequences of plastic contamination
Plastic pollution is everywhere—including where you would least expect it, especially when it's in tiny particle form. Today, scientists are working to measure the consequences of this contamination. There's the pollution you can see—on the beach, on the roadside and in open-air landfills. And then there's the pollution you can't—on the peak of Mount Everest, deep inside the Mariana Trench, in clouds, in buildings, and in our water supply, food, blood and brain.

This is the sort of thing that makes me wary of tech. Not his script, all it does is install a policy.json file that does what it claims.
But installed, suddenly kiosk mode in Firefox is a black screen! Normal mode is fine. So I remove the policy file although nothing there should affect kiosk, restart and -kiosk is still a black screen!
There's likely a fix, for them who has the nous, but I'm guessing stuff like this contributes significantly to our tech landfills 😅

"UK and Europe’s hidden landfills at risk of leaking toxic waste into water supplies"
#UK #UnitedKingdom #Europe #Landfill

‘The worst is when the rubbish explodes’: the children living in Patagonia’s vast dumps https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2025/dec/12/rubbish-children-living-patagonia-argentina-vast-dumps

Cities are capping old landfills to cut methane emissions and turn waste gas into energy.
Ampersand is opening its East Africa battery swap network to all e-motorcycle makers, slashing upfront costs.
In the Sundarbans, women are restoring mangroves that buffer coasts and build incomes.
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Welcome The week tilts toward the solstice. In the north, frost feathers windows at dawn; in the south, warm tides thread quietly through mangrove roots while pelicans skim bright water. We are keeping what matters and letting the rest go. MIT chemists teach carbon capture to sip, not gulp, energy,

"Tire Recycling Innovations Turn Waste Into Effective Highway Noise Solutions"
#Tyres #Cars #Vehicles #Recycling

Tire Recycling Innovations Turn Waste Into Effective Highway Noise Solutions | Happy Eco News
Tire recycling innovations by Czech company mmcité+ transform waste into highway noise barriers. The 'Noba' project reduces traffic noise by 10 decibels, lasts longer than concrete alternatives, costs less over time, and involves communities in design while keeping millions of tires from polluting landfills and waterways.