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♻️ Recycling ceramic waste into new ceramics
https://www.ikea.com/global/en/stories/people-planet/silversida-series-ceramic-production-waste-240313/

Giving ceramic production waste a second life with the SILVERSIDA series – IKEA Global
The SILVERSIDA series of tableware has pioneered a production method at IKEA that can turn internal factory waste – otherwise destined for disposal – into brand new plates and bowls.

The good news is that the waste is a little less than I saw in reports 15 years ago. The bad news is that it's an immense amount of waste that could alleviate hunger, and if captured, reduce demand for crop land and age chemicals.
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The good news is that the waste is a little less than I saw in reports 15 years ago. The bad news is that it's an immense amount of waste that could alleviate hunger, and if captured, reduce demand for crop land and age chemicals.
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🗑️ Waste transfer milestone at Scottish plant
https://www.world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Waste-transfer-milestone-at-Scottish-plant?feed=feed

The drive to lay waste to American democracy is not popular.
Nikki Haley won 40% of the vote 🗳️ n the South Carolina primary. This means that Trump must continue spending money he doesn’t currently have on his campaign.   
More important than that, it shows that even in a strongly Republican state, 40% of primary voters
—the party’s most loyal voters
—prefer someone else.
As Mike Allen of Axios wrote today:
“If America were dominated by old, white, election-…

February 25, 2024
The last several days have seen a Republican stampede to distance the party from the Alabama Supreme Court’s decision of a week ago, when it ruled that embryos frozen for in vitro fertilization (IVF) should be considered children and that their injury can be treated like injury to a child. That decision has led major healthcare providers in Alabama to stop IVF procedures out of fear of prosecution.

Today I saw my first GMC #HummerEV on the road.
I think it’s an abomination. A paragon of waste and excess, and distilled selfishness. 9000 lb of hubris and projection. It’s way too wide, and way too tall, and carries 2.5× the kinetic energy of any other vehicle traveling at the same speed.
It’s not as derisible as the

First drive review: 2022 GMC Hummer EV shows how electric off-roading can be
Outfitted with the full range of electric propulsion and off-road goodies, the 2022 GMC Hummer EV shows the full capability of GM’s future EVs.

"Energy-smart bricks keep waste out of landfill"
#Australia #Landfill #Construction

Energy-smart bricks keep waste out of landfill
Engineers have invented energy-efficient bricks with scrap materials, including glass, that are normally destined for landfill.

Waste reimagined: Using waste technology to transform communities for the better
#RealEstate #UrbanDevelopment #SmartCitiesDive

According to my phone, it is 74° out here. It would be a shame to waste that opportunity.

"Researchers achieve sustainable recovery of minerals from e-waste"
#EWaste #Recycling
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Researchers achieve sustainable recovery of minerals from e-waste
There's some irony in the fact that devices that seem indispensable to modern life—mobile phones, personal computers, and anything battery-powered—depend entirely on minerals extracted from mining, one of the most ancient of human industries. Once their usefulness is spent, we typically return these objects to the earth in landfills, by the millions.