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"The Billie Eilish Upcycled Merch Program Saves 280,000 T-Shirts From Landfills"
#Fashion #Textiles #Clothes

The Billie Eilish Upcycled Merch Program Saves 280,000 T-Shirts From Landfills | Happy Eco News
The Billie Eilish upcycled merch program with Universal Music Group transforms warehouse waste into 280,000 sustainable concert t-shirts. This groundbreaking initiative diverts decades of unwanted merchandise from landfills, creates European fan products, and establishes the music industry's most ambitious environmental project while inspiring other labels to adopt circular fashion practices

This take on the "all modern digital infrastructure" meme reminded me of something 🤔 https://ohai.social/@sushee/115587831612003303
Oh right, the long-term nuclear waste warning ideas of the landscape of thorns. Fitting enough for tech in 2025: "This place is not a place of honor... no highly esteemed deed is commemorated here... nothing valued is here. "

📦 Cardboard and earth combine to create low-carbon alternative to concrete
https://techxplore.com/news/2025-09-cardboard-earth-combine-carbon-alternative.html

Cardboard and earth combine to create low-carbon alternative to concrete
Engineers in Australia have developed a new building material with about one quarter of concrete's carbon footprint, while reducing waste going to landfill. The research is published in the journal Structures.

‘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

Don’t waste your time on A House of Dynamite. You’ve seen the whole two hour film in the first 19 minutes. Literally. The rest of the film just replays the same action from different angles… and when the missile is seconds away from landing, you get the closing credits. I kid you not.
#netflix #ahouseofdynamite

A House of Dynamite (2025) ⭐ 6.5 | Drama, Thriller
1h 52m | R

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.

"Study finds new strategies to extend the life of used solar panels"
#SolarPower #Energy #Renewables

Old solar panels can power new future
Australia's rapid uptake of solar panels is creating a looming waste problem with most solar photovoltaic (PV) panels being directed to landfill at the end of their life.

"Revolutionary Technology Uses Fungi to Decompose Diapers in Months, Not Centuries"
#Compost #Fungi
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Revolutionary Technology Uses Fungi to Decompose Diapers in Months, Not Centuries | Happy Eco News
Texas startup Hiro Technologies uses fungi to decompose diapers in nine months versus centuries for traditional disposables. Their MycoDigestible Diapers include fungi packets that parents add before disposal. While promising for reducing landfill waste and methane emissions, the $35 weekly cost and safety questions remain significant adoption barriers.

"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.