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New York City residents will soon have to compost their food scraps

The City Council passed a bill on Thursday requiring New Yorkers to separate their food waste from regular trash, with mandatory composting coming to all five boroughs by next year.

Madison Hilly: Why I don’t worry about nuclear waste

We must stop seeing nuclear waste as a dangerous problem and instead recognize it as a safe byproduct of carbon-free power.

Guess what? More plastic trash.

Industry figures show record production in 2021, and almost none of that plastic is getting recycled.

Have climate questions? Get answers here

What’s causing global warming? How can we fix it? This interactive F.A.Q. will tackle your climate questions big and small.

A proud ship turned into a giant recycling problem. So Brazil plans to sink it.

The old aircraft carrier, once the navy’s flagship, is packed with asbestos. No country, including Brazil, will let it dock to be dismantled.

How central Ohio got people to eat their leftovers

The average U.S. household wastes nearly a third of the food it buys. This community is nudging its residents to change their habits.

Electric cars are taking off, but when will battery recycling follow?

Many companies and investors are eager to recycle batteries but it could take a decade or more before enough used lithium-ion batteries become available.
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