Sinking boats, bikes, picnic tables part of planned Anacostia River cleanup
A project by the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments and the Anacostia Riverkeeper will remove boats, electric ...
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Waffles recalled in multiple states due to plastic contamination
The Food and Drug Administration ( FDA) classified the recall as “Class II” on Sept. 13 of a voluntary recall from Kodiak Cakes LLC, based out of Park City UT, for 7,300 boxes of its 40-count “Kodiak ...
Southern Living17d
How To Arrange And Style Coffee Table Books, According To Designers
Coffee table books (all books, really) have long been a decorating essential for interior designers. They’re a simple, accessible way to bring height, personality, color, and texture to a space, and ...
Hindustan Times17d
India’s plastic crisis: The hidden emissions choking the country
With emissions spiralling and health impacts mounting, the time for half-measures is over, say experts; India must confront the scale of its plastic pollution Despite ongoing efforts to curb ...
Los Angeles Times19d
A bear crashed a picnic and swiped at a woman’s leg. Wildlife cops had a decision to make
A 500-pound bear with chestnut fur and a tan muzzle hunches over a picnic table in a Mammoth Lakes campground, picking over T-bone steak and jostling drinking glasses. “Don’t spill my wine ...
The Indian Express20d
India generates highest plastic pollution in world: what a new study found
India contributes to a fifth of global plastic pollution, a study published in the journal Nature last week found. India burns roughly 5.8 million tonnes (mt) of plastic each year, and releases ...
CBS News23d
Houston's plastic waste, waiting more than a year for "advanced" recycling, piles up at a business failed 3 times by fire marshal
Watch the CBS Reports documentary, "Advanced Recycling: Does Big Plastic's Idea Work?" in the video player above. HOUSTON, Tex.—When the news crew showed up outside a waste-handling business ...
Smithsonian Magazine25d
Humans Pollute the Environment With 57 Million Tons of Plastic Each Year, Study Suggests
Put another way, that’s about 57 million tons (52 million metric tons) of plastic waste that was not properly disposed of—and pieces of it could now be floating in the ocean, sitting at the ...
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The world is producing 57 million tons of plastic pollution per year, new study finds
The world creates 57 million tons of plastic pollution every year and spreads it from the deepest oceans to the highest mountaintop to the inside of people’s bodies, according to a new study ...
Eater25d
After Two Years, ‘Chef’s Table’ Is Making a Big Comeback
Chef’s Table: Noodles will be a deep dive like the show’s previous seasons on pastry, barbecue, and pizza. Netflix Netflix announced today via press release that Chef’s Table, the food ...
The Washington Post25d
The world is burning an alarming amount of plastic, scientists say
The world produces around 250 million tons of plastic waste in municipalities in one year — plastic bottles, cigarette butts, plastic packaging and much more. Much of that waste — equivalent ...