Tootfinder

"A sprawling expanse of white #marble waste in #India is drawing tourists, filmmakers and social media enthusiasts to a landscape that looks more like a snow-covered valley than a dumping ground"
(h/t drsadhbh on bsky) #quarry

India marble waste dump turns unlikely tourist attraction
A sprawling expanse of white marble waste in India is drawing tourists, filmmakers and social media enthusiasts to a landscape that looks more like a snow-covered valley than a dumping ground.

Aircon On, Windows Open! (2019-08) - Uncool: pointless misbehaviour that endangers the climate and benefits no one! #aircon #waste #podcast -

Aircon On, Windows Open! (2019-08)
Uncool: pointless misbehaviour that endangers the climate and benefits no one! #aircon #waste #podcast

Malaysia implements total e-waste import ban to curb toxic trade https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2026/08/malaysia-implements-total-e-waste-import-ban-to-curb-toxic-trade/

Malaysia implements total e-waste import ban to curb toxic trade
In April 2026, Malaysia enacted an absolute ban on the import of electronic waste, moving to end its role as a primary destination for the world’s hazardous electrical and electronic scrap. The regulation aims to shutter a black market of illegal recycling yards that use falsified paperwork to smuggle toxic materials into the country, reports […]

Sponsor-driven Cowboys waste little time pulling World Cup covers from stadium signage https://www.foxsports.com/articles/soccer/sponsordriven-cowboys-waste-little-time-pulling-world-cup-covers-from-stadium-signage

Impressive real-world numbers of EDF 🇫🇷 (with its smart charging subsidiary DREEV) for charging a fleet of electric waste collection trucks:
10 MWh of charging for 10 trucks, at a cost of minus €129, by collecting otherwise wasted energy and providing grid support
#EV #Flexibility

RE: https://infosec.exchange/@david_chisnall/117122214206788406
LLM users considered worthless
(those that waste everyone else's time)

"Labor ditches new packaging laws to cut plastic waste, sparking unprecedented ‘scale and breadth of outrage’"
#Australia #Plastic #Plastics

Labor ditches new packaging laws to cut plastic waste, sparking unprecedented ‘scale and breadth of outrage’
Federal environment department tells industry representatives the government does not want to ‘exacerbate cost of living pressures’

Many US public parks sit surprisingly close to hazardous waste sites and facilities that release toxic chemicals https://phys.org/news/2026-08-hazardous-sites-facilities-toxic-chemicals.html

Many US public parks sit surprisingly close to hazardous waste sites and facilities that release toxic chemicals
While parks, playgrounds and hiking trails are generally thought of as "healthy" spaces, researchers from the University of Michigan have found that many of them overlap with old toxic waste sites or sit dangerously close to facilities that actively release hazardous chemicals. Their new study, published in Scientific Reports, looks at the proximity of 151,366 U.S. public parks to facilities in the EPA's Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) and Superfund sites (SFS).

Bursts of ‘pink noise’ during sleep seem to help clear waste from brain https://www.newscientist.com/article/2588451-bursts-of-pink-noise-during-sleep-seem-to-help-flush-waste-from-brain/ (archived at

Bursts of ‘pink noise’ during sleep seem to help clear waste from brain | New Scientist
The human brain flushes out waste products while we sleep and now it seems that certain sounds might enhance the process

Under new European Union rules, businesses must prioritise keeping unsold clothing or shoes in use by selling them (including through discounts or alternative markets), donating them to charities or social enterprises, or preparing them for reuse (repairing, refurbishing or remanufacturing).
Destruction will be allowed only under specified circumstances and must be carried out in accordance with the waste treatment hierarchy, giving priority to recycling

Ban on destruction of unsold clothes and shoes enters into application
Under the new rules, businesses must prioritise keeping products in use by selling them or preparing them for reuse.

Plastics contamination an ‘overlooked’ concern in food waste schemes, experts say https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/aug/09/plastics-pollution-food-waste-landfill-recycling-research

"Plastic Overshoot Day: One-third of global plastic waste won’t be properly managed in 2026"
#Plastic #Plastics #Environment

Plastic Overshoot Day: One-third of global plastic waste won’t be properly managed in 2026
The amount of plastic waste generated globally in 2026 so far has officially exceeded the world’s capacity to safely manage it, researchers have claimed. One-third of all plastic waste generated this year will likely be dumped, burned or littered.

#AI creates all sorts of threats to #wellbeing and #ecosystems. Maybe a short term challenge for AI: Design AI hardware within the constraints of a

Datacenter rush will create ‘tsunami’ of discarded electronics, report says
Global push will triple toxic e-waste annually in 25 years, filling enough shipping containers to circle globe six times

#AI creates all sorts of threats to #wellbeing and #ecosystems. Maybe a short term challenge for AI: Design AI hardware within the constraints of a

Datacenter rush will create ‘tsunami’ of discarded electronics, report says
Global push will triple toxic e-waste annually in 25 years, filling enough shipping containers to circle globe six times

🎂 Today marks 10 years since I launched Repokémon #repokemon

Building Repokémon
Once in a while, it's nice to work on one of those silly side projects that most people think would be useless or a waste of time.So far I've…

Storm-driven erosion exposes vulnerability of California coast ,
reviving questions about keeping 3.6 million pounds of radioactive waste just 100 feet from the Pacific at decommissioned San Onofre nuclear power plant.
Utility officials insist seawalls and steel canister storage system can withstand tsunamis, quakes and rising seas for decades,
even as scientists warn of hazards of storing nuclear waste indefinitely in a seismically active area next to the ocean.

With…

As the coast begins to crumble, the clock ticks on moving San Onofre's radioactive waste
tktktk

The most critical resource any organization can waste is time.

Europe's e‑waste is a valuable resource—let's not throw it away #Europe

Europe's e‑waste is a valuable resource—let's not throw it away
Throwing something away that is urgently needed, expensive and difficult to source sounds crazy. Yet of the 60 metals contained in old electronic devices such as phones, screens and washing machines, only a few are recycled. That includes precious metals such as gold and silver and other metals such as aluminum and copper. The rest are effectively single-use metals, used once and then lost during collection or through incineration.

"Hustle culture" is named after Jan Hus, a proto-Protestant preacher who invented the "Protestant work ethic."
Followers of Jan Hus dedicated their life to Hustle culture. They rode horses everywhere, so that they could waste less time on walking. They became known as Hussars and were often drafted into the army for their riding skills.
The rivals of the Hussars were the laid-back Dragoons—so called by their commanding officers because they were seen as "…

Logged in to Twitter to retrieve these worthy images from a poster session long ago:
#teleportation #commute #biking

Australia's plastic exports may deepen health risks in Indonesian communities #Australia

Australia's plastic exports may deepen health risks in Indonesian communities
A new commentary in BMJ Global Health, co-authored by the George Institute, reveals that Australia exported 22,333 metric tons of plastic waste to Indonesia in 2023–24 alone, part of a wider crisis that has seen the country take in more than 200,000 metric tons of imported waste it cannot safely process. Up to 80% of it ends up burned or dumped.

A few days ago the EU released an updated #PPWR FAQ:
https://op.europa.eu/en/publication-detail/-/publication/ad14cb8f-8d4f-11f1-9262-01aa75ed71a1

Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR) - Publications Office of the EU
Regulation (EU) 2025/401 establishes a harmonised legal framework for packaging and packaging waste across the European Union. Its primary objective is to ensure the smooth functioning of the internal market while significantly reducing the environmental and health impacts associated with packaging throughout its life cycle. By replacing Directive 94/62/EC2, this regulation introduces clearer, stricter, and more uniform requirements for all economic operators and Member States, fostering a tran…

"Recycling discarded solar panels could yield $1 trillion by 2060, analysis finds"
#SolarPower #Energy #Recycling

Recycling discarded solar panels could yield $1 trillion by 2060, analysis finds
The world's rapid shift to solar power is creating a massive new waste problem, with up to 402 million tonnes (443 million tons) of discarded solar panels projected to accumulate globally by 2060, according to new research involving Adelaide University.

Aircon On, Windows Open! (2019-08) - Uncool: pointless misbehaviour that endangers the climate and benefits no one! #aircon #waste #podcast -

Aircon On, Windows Open! (2019-08)
Uncool: pointless misbehaviour that endangers the climate and benefits no one! #aircon #waste #podcast

Regulation (EU) 2025/40 on packaging and packaging waste. Summary.
https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/LSU/?uri=CELEX:32025R0040

On this date in 1979, the tailings dam for the Church Rock #uranium mine in New Mexico burst. Over a thousand tons of uranium waste and millions of gallons of radioactive water were released into Rio Puerco, including into Navajo lands. #mining

Church Rock, America’s Forgotten Nuclear Disaster, Is Still Poisoning Navajo Lands 40 Years Later
Residents say they've been ignored even as they struggle with contaminated water and worry about having children.

RE: https://social.tchncs.de/@KazuShuSora/117092886446234025
3/10 to me and one of the rare examples where I curse my almost infinite patience.
Ultimately it was a waste of my time and I should've stopped, halfway through.
But I was alwa…

Listening to the sheep and beef chair of Federated Farmers talking to Susie on RNZ just now... He talks about how NZ stopped subsidies for agriculture/farming in the 80s... but of course he's mistaken - the lack of responsibility for the waste generated (including greenhouse gas emissions) - especially dairy - is an effective subsidy to NZ farmers by the rest of society and future generations who have to bear the cost of spoiled land & water, loss of biodiversity, and rising temps/se…

Customer service/info?
I have never once, not one single time, been able to solve a problem or get the information I am looking for from a chat bot.
Just A Giant Waste Of Time.

Don't Let a Crisis Go to Waste: Pivoting Africa's Transport to Clean Energy
https://www.worldbank.org/en/news/feature/2026/06/29/dont-let-a-crisis-go-to-waste-pivoting-africa-s-transport-to-clean-energy

Don't Let a Crisis Go to Waste: Pivoting Africa's Transport to Clean Energy
See how electric mobility can cut fuel imports, ease fiscal pressure, and strengthen Africa’s transport resilience.

"Review of studies on single-use plastics reveals broader circular economy approach is needed"
#Plastic #Plastics #Environment

Review of studies on single-use plastics reveals broader circular economy approach is needed
A review of research published in the Interdisciplinary Environmental Review on single-use plastics argues that tackling the waste problem will require a shift from recycling alone to a broader circular economy approach, in which materials are kept in use through reuse, recovery, recycling and redesign.

It’s not what politicians say that counts; It’s not even what they do that counts. It’s what they actually achieve that truly counts. Yet the media waste so many column inches analysing every word that’s said.

Encouraging news, and I wish we could see this more in the US.
Soy sauce refills and reused jars: can Philippines’ tingi culture hold back deluge of plastic waste?
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/20

Soy sauce refills and reused jars: can Philippines’ tingi culture hold back deluge of plastic waste?
A zero-waste shop set up by a district council provides plastic-free products at affordable prices in a country that gets through 164m sachets a day

Encouraging news, and I wish we could see this more in the US.
Soy sauce refills and reused jars: can Philippines’ tingi culture hold back deluge of plastic waste?
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/20

Soy sauce refills and reused jars: can Philippines’ tingi culture hold back deluge of plastic waste?
A zero-waste shop set up by a district council provides plastic-free products at affordable prices in a country that gets through 164m sachets a day

The BBC have released the Tender Document ( #doctorwho @…

Interior Advances Revisions to Oil and Gas Leasing and Waste Prevention Rules to Support American Energy Dominance (U.S. Department of the Interior)
https://www.doi.gov/pressreleases/interior-advances-revisions-oil-and-gas-leasing-and-waste-prevention-rules-support
http://www.memeorandum.com/260622/p139#a260622p139

"New Data Center Equivalent to Setting Off 23 Nuclear Bombs Per Day" (in heat release terms)
What could go wrong?!🤬
"On top of the nine gigawatts of power, the facility will produce another 7 to 8 gigawatts of energy in the form of waste heat"
How are they expecting to power all data centers?
Will they build hundreds of nuclear power plants?
Not mentioning...in time the planet is boiling, adding new source of heat seems little bit...I would b…

Wrong priorities, reckless waste of resources
https://www.businessgreen.com/news/4532454/generation-opportunity-uk-nuclear-manufacturing-set-benefit-100bn-investment-drive

'Once in a generation opportunity': UK nuclear manufacturing set to benefit from £100bn investment drive
High Value Manufacturing Catapult says manufacturers face ‘narrowing window’ to meet growing demand for nuclear technologies

"Hustle culture" is named after Jan Hus, a proto-Protestant preacher who invented the "Protestant work ethic."
Followers of Jan Hus dedicated their life to Hustle culture. They rode horses everywhere, so that they could waste less time on walking. They became known as Hussars and were often drafted into the army for their riding skills.
The rivals of the Hussars were the laid-back Dragoons—so called by their commanding officers because they were seen as "…

Ostatni potrzebny do mojego przykładu (czy raczej ostatnie) - to triada M, czyli Mura, Muri i Muda. Te pojęcia zawsze występują razem:

*Mura* czyli nierównomierność (unevenness) - skoki i przestoje, nieregularne obciążenie.
*Muri* czyli przeciążenie (overburden) - dotyczy przeciążenia zarówno ludzi jak i maszyn.
*Muda* czyli marnotrawstwo, defekty (waste) - wszystko, co zżera zasoby, a nie daje nam wartości.

Zasada jest tutaj taka "mura tworzy muri, a muri produkuje mud…

Aircon On, Windows Open! (2019-08) - Uncool: pointless misbehaviour that endangers the climate and benefits no one! #aircon #waste #podcast -

Aircon On, Windows Open! (2019-08)
Uncool: pointless misbehaviour that endangers the climate and benefits no one! #aircon #waste #podcast

The absolute waste of time and knowledge and energy caused by smart people "building" shit with and for LLMs.
Smart people giving their work away for free to motherfuckers like altman and amodei and musk and jfc i hate this timeline.

"A banana byproduct transforms farm waste into profits in Bangladesh"
#Bangladesh #FoodWaste

A banana byproduct transforms farm waste into profits in Bangladesh
Bananas make up 20% of all fruit crops grown in Bangladesh, and the country has begun to unlock the hidden potential of the plant’s agricultural byproducts. Banana fiber, extracted from post-harvest stems, is emerging as a versatile biodegradable material that can be used to manufacture textiles, blended yarns and handicrafts. In Bangladesh, banana fiber is […]

Gestern spontan Tickets für Midnight im Bastard Club Osnabrück besorgt.
Im "Neuen Alten" war ich noch gar nicht...
> Fuck off, fuck off and live!
>
> Don't waste your time to pray
> For terminal grief
> Your fortune is fester
> Your spirit never released
>
> Crawl on your knees to the grave
> And hope it's the end
> The reaper denies all pleas
> For your soul to rest, no rest fro…

Rant ahoy!!
I stumbled onto the Wikipedia article about foundational psychoanalyst Melanie Klein. I'd forgotten how angry this trash scam practice of woo-woo muckspreader firehose insanity makes me. It's not so much that someone's built a huge castle in the air, because there's a place for fantasy and worldbuilding and daydreams; that's where we get much of our culture from, after all. It's the waste of time and money, and the unaddressed or exacerbated human mi…

Guess 3 was a waste. I can't count and didn't realize I already had 5 letters. Could have been a Wordle in 3. #Wordle
Wordle 1 845 4/6
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UK plastic ‘waste colonialism’ found to be polluting Turkey’s farming heartland https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/aug/04/uk-plastic-waste-colonialism-recycling-exports-contaminating-water-crops-turkey

🇺🇦 Auf radioeins läuft...
Thundercat:
🎵 I Wish I Didn’t Waste Your Time (Radio Edit)
#NowPlaying #Thundercat
https://open.spotify.com/track/1ZbgTznBqzVyazgOtO9vG4

RE: https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic/117059169198667999
"Musk owes his riches to federal bailouts and contracts: if he wants to "eliminate government fraud and waste" he should turn over his files to an IRS inspector (if he can find a survivor of …

Back when I was diagnosed with #diabetes, I've found two apps to help me. Both were proprietary.
The first one came from the glucometer's manufacturer, and it featured the ability to copy its readings over Bluetooth. It also had a pretty useful bolus calculator. However, it was also annoying in a number of ways: it required an account with all the implied data sharing, was premiumware (though using their glucometer implied a free "pro" version), was quite childish in design, didn't respect disabled animations or dark theme.
The second one was an independent Polish app to compute carbs from meals. It wasn't perfect, but it had a rich database of products and quite a few convenient features (like copying meals or calculating carbs based on recipes). Unfortunately, the authors went full way into AI hype, and while I didn't use any of the "AI" features (they were premiumware anyway), the app itself was becoming increasingly crappy.
Eventually, this motivated me to look for a new app. I've settled for #Diaguard. It's just got the basics: meal composition and computing carbs, plus letting me log blood sugar and insulin doses manually. It used to have a bolus calculator before I used it, but it was removed over legal concerns. Still, it's open source, it's nice, it's got no crap and it respects the dark theme. And honestly, given that I've already reached the point of overriding bolus calculator, I've figured out it's enough for me.
In fact, it's so "enough" that I'm not even using it regularly. I mean, if my blood sugar is predictable and my meals are predictable, there's no reason to waste time logging them. The app is there to assist me when I need it, not force me to use it.
I still keep the two other apps installed. The first one in case I had doubts over insulin doses and wanted to use the bolus calculator. The second one over my database of meals; though I had already exported it, so I just need to figure out if the export is complete enough.
#Android

"Virtually trying on clothes using AI can help cut fast‑fashion waste, study reveals"
#AI #ArtificialIntelligence #Clothes

Virtually trying on clothes using AI can help cut fast-fashion waste, study reveals
Virtually trying on clothes could persuade more people to experiment with renting clothes.

@… I’ve long held, that someone competent and passionate can do more in 2 hours a day that the corporate software industry can crank out with overworked engineerings doing 12.
If those engineers have unfettered LLM access, the math doesn’t change. There’s just *so* much waste of time and effort, and inattenrion to actually driving meaningful progress.

$10M from 67 investors ... cool $150k each on avg. What a waste of money:
https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdny/pr/nft-startup-founder-charged-fraud
Just ran the indictment through an LLM, this was funny:
"Buried in the asset-dissipation paragra…

Sonnet 125 - CXXV
Were't aught to me I bore the canopy,
With my extern the outward honouring,
Or laid great bases for eternity,
Which proves more short than waste or ruining?
Have I not seen dwellers on form and favour
Lose all and more by paying too much rent
For compound sweet, forgoing simple savour,
Pitiful thrivers, in their gazing spent?
No; let me be obsequious in thy heart,
And take thou my oblation, poor but free,

"Plastics contamination an ‘overlooked’ concern in food waste schemes, experts say"
#Plastic #Plastics #FoodWaste

Plastics contamination an ‘overlooked’ concern in food waste schemes, experts say
Researchers find microplastics can persist in compost, leaching into agricultural soils

This is the actual waste of public money:
"£50,000 had been spent trying to remove the paint from the wall "
A pretty penny: Three Banksy artworks cost taxpayers £150,000 in upkeep | Banksy | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2…

A pretty penny: Three Banksy artworks cost taxpayers £150,000 in upkeep
An outraged shadow justice secretary said the artist should foot the bill, while others say his murals make art accessible

Today’s battle lines are not simply between people who struggle to survive under increasingly degraded and costly conditions
and an oligarch class thinking of ever more ludicrous ways to waste their wealth.
They are more cosmological than that.
On one side are those of us who have no escape plan, no bunker in the sky or underground,
and who therefore are committed to staying right here, in the complexity of our earthbound reality, with one another.
We know we ne…

The end times fascists are plotting their escape from our world. Our mission is clear
An unholy alliance is working toward an apocalyptic future from which only a chosen few will emerge unscathed. It’s becoming clear how we stop them

‘Plastic pollution hotspots’ spawn a public health crisis across Latin America https://news.mongabay.com/2026/09/plastic-pollution-hotspots-spawn-a-public-health-crisis-across-latin-america/

‘Plastic pollution hotspots’ spawn a public health crisis across Latin America
Since China banned the import of plastic waste in 2018, plastic pollution has been having a growing impact on the people and ecosystems of Latin America. As the region imports an increasing amount of the world’s used and discarded plastic, new research shows that waste infrastructure in many countries is already buckling under the strain […]

RE: https://c.im/@cdarwin/117261307591063299
The iconic twin domes that once housed the reactor cores will start coming down early next year.
But the 3.6 million pounds of high-level waste will stay in the coastal community indefinitely.
How much of a sa…

Battery fires at recycling centres are costing UK £1bn a year, figures show | Recycling | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/aug/22/lithium-battery-fires-waste-recycling-centres-vapes-uk

Battery fires at recycling centres are costing UK £1bn a year, figures show
Experts say fires caused by wrongly discarded lithium batteries, such as those in vapes, are putting lives at risk

"Soy sauce refills and reused jars: can Philippines’ tingi culture hold back deluge of plastic waste?"
#Philippines #Plastic #Plastics

Soy sauce refills and reused jars: can Philippines’ tingi culture hold back deluge of plastic waste?
A zero-waste shop set up by a district council provides plastic-free products at affordable prices in a country that gets through 164m sachets a day

Aircon On, Windows Open! (2019-08) - Uncool: pointless misbehaviour that endangers the climate and benefits no one! #aircon #waste #podcast -

Aircon On, Windows Open! (2019-08)
Uncool: pointless misbehaviour that endangers the climate and benefits no one! #aircon #waste #podcast

"Kenya’s clothing waste raises concerns about potential public health risks"
#Kenya #Clothes #Textiles

Kenya’s clothing waste raises concerns about potential public health risks
Kenya’s booming secondhand clothing trade is generating huge amounts of textile waste, raising concerns about bacteria, microplastics and public health risks.

Not 2, but 3 of this morning's headlines on th#ClimateCrisis - The first is encouraging - We know how to do this, if only we had the sense to do this:
Climate solutions most likely to reach ‘positive tipping points’ revealed by scientists
https://www.

Climate solutions most likely to reach ‘positive tipping points’ revealed by scientists
Global shift towards clean electricity could trigger ‘cascade’ of progress, helping reduce air pollution, cut waste and revive oceans

Not 2, but 3 of this morning's headlines on th#ClimateCrisis - The first is encouraging - We know how to do this, if only we had the sense to do this:
Climate solutions most likely to reach ‘positive tipping points’ revealed by scientists
https://www.

Climate solutions most likely to reach ‘positive tipping points’ revealed by scientists
Global shift towards clean electricity could trigger ‘cascade’ of progress, helping reduce air pollution, cut waste and revive oceans

Immersing myself for the last 10 days in the ecological economics of waste.
I can only conclude that the enormous, enormous, enormous problem can't be solved while matetial growth and capitalism persist.
That's difficult as I'm writing a book about practical policies!

"Homes need more renewable energy tech – here’s how to make sure retrofits avoid creating e‑waste"
#Energy #Renewables #Technology

Homes need more renewable energy tech – here’s how to make sure retrofits avoid creating e-waste
Retrofit solutions need to prioritise the use of renewable, sustainable materials that minimise the consequences of resource consumption and pollution.

Low Carbon Family Holidays - Be a social superstar without 57 foreign holidays every year! Cut stress, cost, carbon and food waste. Have loads of fun! #frugal #holiday #TravellersCheck -

Low Carbon Family Holidays
Be a social superstar without 57 foreign holidays every year! Cut stress, cost, carbon and food waste. Have loads of fun! #frugal #holiday #TravellersCheck

Zero Waste Chocolate Overnight Oats #plantbased

Zero Waste Chocolate Overnight Oats
This easy gluten-free breakfast uses leftover chocolate to make this vegan zero waste chocolate overnight oats

We need more of this 👇! BUT it cannot just be volunteer driven by prestige events - we need to move waste reduction into daily life.
Meet the attendees keeping Outside Lands green
https://missionlocal.org/2026/08/sf-outside-lands-sustainability-crew/

Of the thousands who attend Outside Lands, some 600 are sorting trash
Behind the scenes at Outside Lands, a few 600 are sorting each piece of trash from the festival, all day and night.

We need more of this 👇! BUT it cannot just be volunteer driven by prestige events - we need to move waste reduction into daily life.
Meet the attendees keeping Outside Lands green
https://missionlocal.org/2026/08/sf-outside-lands-sustainability-crew/

Of the thousands who attend Outside Lands, some 600 are sorting trash
Behind the scenes at Outside Lands, a few 600 are sorting each piece of trash from the festival, all day and night.

"Wet coffee waste becomes coal-grade fuel in under two minutes"
#Coffee #Energy
https://www.

Wet coffee waste becomes coal-grade fuel in under two minutes | The Optimist Daily
Korean researchers have developed a plasma process that converts wet coffee grounds into coal-grade biochar in 90 seconds, without any pre-drying.

The inscription on this monument built by the Ancients was damaged, but we were still able to translate it. Looks like we will find many valuable relics and treasure if we dig here!

Low Carbon Family Holidays - Be a social superstar without 57 foreign holidays every year! Cut stress, cost, carbon and food waste. Have loads of fun! #frugal #holiday #TravellersCheck -

Low Carbon Family Holidays
Be a social superstar without 57 foreign holidays every year! Cut stress, cost, carbon and food waste. Have loads of fun! #frugal #holiday #TravellersCheck

We have been trained and trained ourselves to lose touch with the magical, life-giving force of stories.
And our life-sustaining love for stories has been beaten out of us by AI slop, by a shitty, commercialized culture industry, by living under capitalism and end-times fascism, etc.
I get why we feel that way, and I feel it, too. But there’s something really, really wrong there.
Like our air and water and soil and atmosphere, I think we have been trained and trained oursel…

Why the stories working people tell ourselves about ourselves matter
“We are not the only ones to face hard times. Our ancestors who faced such times left us their stories so that we would know what to do now. Don't let those stories go to waste! There is power in them. We have power in them.”

"A plastic eater in Bangkok’s canals"
#Bangkok #Plastic #Plastics

A plastic eater in Bangkok’s canals
This solar-powered barge collects plastic from Bangkok’s canals before it can wash into the ocean. It’s an innovative solution to a growing problem, but cleaning up plastic is only part of the answer. Reducing plastic use and improving waste management remain the biggest challenges

Low Carbon Family Holidays - Be a social superstar without 57 foreign holidays every year! Cut stress, cost, carbon and food waste. Have loads of fun! #frugal #holiday #TravellersCheck -

Low Carbon Family Holidays
Be a social superstar without 57 foreign holidays every year! Cut stress, cost, carbon and food waste. Have loads of fun! #frugal #holiday #TravellersCheck

"First Permit to Clean Up Old Mine Waste Issued for WA State Under 2024 ‘Good Samaritan Act’"
#US #USA #America #Environment

First Permit to Clean Up Old Mine Waste Issued for WA State Under 2024 'Good Samaritan Act'
The Good Samaritan act passed in 2024 with broad bipartisan support after 20 years of campaigning by groups including Trout Unlimited.

Toxic waste sites exposed in Michael Sheen documentary 'tip of the iceberg' #environment

Michael Sheen toxic waste documentary 'the tip of the iceberg'
One scientist says there are thousands of sites across the UK that need investigating.

If you have spent a night in a US hospital in the past 20 years, the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)) was working on your behalf whether you knew it or not.
It built the patient-experience surveys Medicare uses to help set what hospitals are paid.
The quality indicators regulators rely on to spot a hospital that is harming people are its work.
With the defense department, it produced the team-communication training now standard in operating rooms and em…

Trump is laying waste to the agency that keeps hospital patients safe
Few have heard of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, but it has saved tens of thousands of lives and billions of dollars

"Your shampoo routine could be driving household water waste, new study says"
#Shampoo #Water
https://phys…

Your shampoo routine could be driving household water waste, new study says
Everyday shower habits, such as applying shampoo or pausing the water while washing, are driving up water waste, argues a new study from the University of Surrey.

Clean-up of illegal waste supersite costs taxpayers £6m #UnitedKingdom

Clean-up of illegal Kidlington waste supersite costs £6m
The bill for clearing the dump in Oxfordshire has been covered by taxpayers.

"Fly‑tipping: here’s what is missing from Andy Burnham’s plan to tackle waste dumpers"
#UK #UnitedKingdom #Environment

Fly-tipping: here’s what is missing from Andy Burnham’s plan to tackle waste dumpers
Burnham’s plan to tackle criminal fly-tipping gangs needs to go further.

Speaking at the Nato summit,
Trump says the memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Iranis “over”
because
“I do not want to deal with them any more,
they are scum”.
They are sick people, they are vicious, violent people.”
He then adds:
As far as I am concerned, it’s just a waste of time dealing with them.
They are liars. …
There is something wrong with them. They are cuckoo. As far as I am concerned, it is over.”
Investors are spooked …

Middle East crisis live: Trump threatens US will hit Iran ‘hard again tonight’ after saying truce is over
Iranian foreign ministry said earlier US and Israeli attacks had rendered interim accord to end war ‘ineffective’

"Two more people arrested over ‘mountain of illegal waste’ dumped in Oxfordshire"
#UK #UnitedKingdom #Environment

Two more people arrested over ‘mountain of illegal waste’ dumped in Oxfordshire
A total of six people apprehended as clean-up of rubbish stacked 10 metres high cost about £6m

"First Permit to Clean Up Old Mine Waste Issued for WA State Under 2024 ‘Good Samaritan Act’"
#US #USA #America #Environment

First Permit to Clean Up Old Mine Waste Issued for WA State Under 2024 'Good Samaritan Act'
The Good Samaritan act passed in 2024 with broad bipartisan support after 20 years of campaigning by groups including Trout Unlimited.

On Website Technicals (2026-06) - Tech updates: house ads off, paper and conference poster that rhyme, sulphation, utility 12M kgCO2e, off gas, off POTS, RSS waste... - https://www.earth.org.uk/note-on-site-technicals-109.html

On Website Technicals (2026-06)
Tech updates: house ads off, paper and conference poster that rhyme, sulphation, utility 12M kgCO2e, off gas...

Toxic underground fires are spreading at California landfills
Three years ago, environmental regulators discovered garbage burning deep inside the Chiquita Canyon Landfill in the Santa Clarita Valley.
Few imagined the calamity that would follow.
Somehow the landfill’s pollution control system introduced oxygen below,
causing decades-old waste to rapidly decompose,
generating intense heat and eventually widespread smoldering, federal and state environmental a…

Boiling Point: Toxic underground fires are spreading at California landfills
The Los Angeles Times finds that residents near Chiquita Canyon are not the only ones suffering from heinous conditions near landfills.

"Rotisserie chickens in the trash: I worked in a supermarket and saw shocking food waste every day
- Ann Larson"
#FoodWaste #Produce

Rotisserie chickens in the trash: I worked in a supermarket and saw shocking food waste every day
Stores over-stock their shelves, then toss out what they don’t sell. Meanwhile, workers struggle to make ends meet

"Families 'waste hundreds each year from throwing away uneaten food' - see areas worst for it"
#UK #UnitedKingdom #FoodWaste

Families 'waste hundreds each year from throwing away uneaten food' - see areas worst for it | LBC
UK cities where families ‘losing significant cash in the bin due to food waste’

"Microplastic pollution can fuel rise in antibiotic resistance, studies find"
#Plastic #Plastics #Microplastics

Microplastic pollution can fuel rise in antibiotic resistance, studies find
Plastic pollution is among the gravest environmental crises facing humanity. Plastic production since 1950 has exceeded 8,300 million metric tons, with most plastic waste ending up in the environment, affecting wildlife, ecosystem functionality, and human health. Simultaneously, the ability of disease-causing bacteria to withstand one or more antibiotics (known as antimicrobial resistance, or AMR) has […]

"Visible mending: Why you should give your clothes a second life — and show off the repairs"
#Clothes #Textiles
https://www…

Why you should give your clothes a second life — and show off the repairs
Extending a garment’s life by just nine more months can reduce its carbon, water, and waste footprints by up to 20%.

"The plastic waste overtaking New York – and the people trying to curb it"
#US #USA #America #NewYork

The plastic waste overtaking New York – and the people trying to curb it
From New York to Quebec, photographer Bryan Anselm spent months capturing spaces overrun with plastic and the actions individuals and groups are taking to reduce waste

"EU curbs on 'forever chemicals' in food packaging kick in"
#EU #EuropeanUnion #PFAS #ForeverChemicals

EU curbs on 'forever chemicals' in food packaging kick in
New EU restrictions on toxic substances known as "forever chemicals" in food packaging kicked in Wednesday, along with broader rules aimed at cutting packaging waste in the bloc.