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Birds – and ornithologists – flock to huge rubbish dump in Spain
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Birds – and ornithologists – flock to huge rubbish dump in Spain

A vast rubbish dump in southern Spain has become a magnet for ornithologists as thousands of storks, black kites and vultures make a stopover to feed on food waste before beginning their journey across the Strait of Gibraltar.

Fast fashion goes to die in the world's largest fog desert. The scale is breathtaking
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Fast fashion goes to die in the world's largest fog desert. The scale is breathtaking

Some of the developed world's favorite brands lie in discarded heaps in Chile's Atacama desert. How they got there tells the story of modern fast fashion.

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Why aren't we mining landfills for valuable stuff like metals and soil?
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Why aren't we mining landfills for valuable stuff like metals and soil?

Many old dumps contain useful materials. Whether they're worth extracting depends on how we value other benefits such as preventing pollution and reducing greenhouse gas emissions.

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