Your grocery bag might not have been recycled
Laws encourage recycling plastics, but verifying recycled content relies on tricky math. Enlarge / Recycling is sorted at the Sims Municipal Recycling Facility in New York City in 2015. (credit: Spencer Platt/Getty Images).....»»
Many kilotons of "recycled" Dutch plastic waste end up in the sea
On paper it is recycled, but in reality enormous quantities of plastic waste from the Netherlands end up in Asian seas. Researchers from the Leiden Institute of Environmental Sciences charted the fate of plastic food packaging waste from the Netherla.....»»
Eileen Fisher wants her competitors to design better clothes
Recycling is crucial to making the fashion industry more sustainable. In a new report, Eileen Fisher encourages other brands to start designing clothes that can actually be recycled. The steps to making fashion more sustainable have been clear for a.....»»
Mass shootings: Diametrically opposed social media users starting to agree that enough is enough
Schoolchildren huddled in Uvalde, Tex. classrooms as classmates and teachers are cut down by a rogue gunman. A peaceful weekend afternoon at a Buffalo, N.Y. grocery store interrupted by a white supremacist who sprays the aisles of elderly, predominan.....»»
New Beer in Singapore is Made From Recycled Sewage Water
NEWBrew takes the concept of getting “piss drunk” to the next level. The post New Beer in Singapore is Made From Recycled Sewage Water appeared first on ExtremeTech......»»
iFixit teardown shows M2 MacBook Pro is just a recycled laptop with a new chip inside
Announced at WWDC 2022, the new 13-inch MacBook Pro with the M2 chip finally arrived in stores and in the hands of customers last week. And, while the fact that the M2 MacBook Pro is not a huge upgrade compared to its previous generation is no surpr.....»»
Who trusts gene-edited foods? New study gauges public acceptance
Through CRISPR and other gene-editing technologies, researchers and developers are poised to bring dozens—if not hundreds—of new products to grocery stores: mushrooms with longer shelf lives, drought-resistant corn and bananas impervious to a fun.....»»
Low levels of high-risk salmonella evade traditional methods of detection
Poultry is responsible for more than one out of every five cases of salmonella infection in the U.S. But traditional methods of testing the chicken you grab off the grocery shelf may not be enough to detect all strains of the bacteria, according to n.....»»
Gun violence: Experts discuss causes, trends, solutions
The recent string of mass shootings has once again captured the attention of the American public. The tragic shootings in an elementary school in Texas, a grocery store in New York, a church in California and locally in the streets of downtown Sacram.....»»
On-demand Grocery App Gorillas Lays Off Half Its Office Workforce
Grocery app Gorillas, which promises to deliver goods in as quickly as 10 minutes, is laying off half of its office staff. From a report: In a press release, the company said it was letting go of roughly 300 employees from a "global office workforce".....»»
‘Grocery’ smart shopping list app updated with new design and features
Grocery, a smart shopping list app created by independent developer Conrad Stoll, was updated on Monday to version 3.0. With the update, the app gets a refreshed interface, as well as new features and more options for users of the free version. mor.....»»
Study shows a "15-minute city" within reach for Vancouver
According to a new study published by Simon Fraser University researchers, 79 percent of residents in the City of Vancouver have access to a grocery store within a 15-minute walk and 99 percent had at least on grocery store within a 15-minute cycle......»»
Twitch, a live-streaming giant, comes under scrutiny after Buffalo shooting
Twitch, the livestreaming giant popular among video gamers, has been thrust into the national spotlight after the suspect in the Buffalo grocery store mass shooting tried to broadcast the attack on the platform......»»
Gunman Livestreams Killing of 10 On Twitch - After Radicalization On 4chan
Slashdot reader DevNull127 writes: 10 people were killed in a grocery store in Buffalo, New York this afternoon — and three more were injured — by a guman who livestreamed the massacre on Twitch. "A Twitch spokesperson said the platform h.....»»
Google teases Pixel 7’s new chip, recycled aluminum design
During today’s Google I/O event, the company gave us a quick teaser of what we can expect from its next smartphone: The Pixel 7......»»
Your clothes can have an afterlife: Strategies for greater reuse and recycling of textiles
Only about 15% of used clothes and other textiles in the United States get reused or recycled. The other 85% head straight to the landfill or incinerator. This wastes scarce resources, contributes to climate change and pollutes waterways......»»
Apple plans more Fitness+ workouts and Instacart-style service alongside payment features
Apple's services changes can include updates to Apple Fitness+ and Apple Pay, a report claims, with the company also examining a potential grocery ordering service with a focus on nutrition.Apple frequently introduces new offerings to its collection.....»»
Only about 5% of plastic waste gets recycled in US, new report says
Only 5% to 6% of the 46 million tons of plastic waste generated annually in the U.S. gets recycled, a big dip from the last estimate of nearly 9% just a few years ago, according to a new study by two environmental groups focused on creating awareness.....»»
Where your recycling actually goes—and what you can do about it this Earth Day
Just 9% of all plastic waste ever created has been recycled, researchers estimate......»»
Understand basics of battery structure for efficient recycling (Part 3 of EV battery recycling industry report)
Lithium-ion batteries are commonly used in electric vehicles (EV) and storage systems. However, these batteries have a limited lifespan and once they reach the end of their life, they need to be recycled......»»
Apple increased recycled material use in 2021, expands environmental efforts
Apple is continuing to embrace the use of recycled materials in its products, with it making up almost 20% of all material used in Apple products in 2021.Taz, Apple's recycling machinery used to recover rare earth magnets. Announced on Tuesday ahead.....»»