All posts tagged with landfill
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-(Natural News) A dumping site in Australia just received a truckload of perfectly good avocados, which were trashed there amid skyrocketing inflation and alleged food shortages. According to Jan De Lai, a local resident of Atherton, located in far north Queensland, the discarded mountain of fruit included “tons and tons and tons of avocados going […]
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-(Natural News) Environmental policy expert Michael Shellenberger claimed that advocacy for solar panels is driven by ideological leanings rather than sound science. Shellenberger told NTD Television’s “The Nation Speaks” that the economics of solar panel production, deployment and recycling shows that the technology has a toxic and dangerous dimension. “We’ve been in a sort of hypnotic trance,” Shellenberger said, […]
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-(Natural News) An area resident from South Dade County in Florida made a shocking discovery the other day upon taking his trash to the local landfill. Instead of finding normal garbage, the man noticed pallets upon pallets full of Wuhan coronavirus (Covid-19) ventilators, all brand new, that had been discarded for some unknown reason. Video […]
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-(Natural News) In an effort to appear environmentally friendly, the Coca-Cola Company has announced plans to start making pop bottles out of recycled plastic waste pulled out of the world’s oceans. In a press release, Coca-Cola explained how it recently created 300 sample bottles made from ocean trash, which the company says demonstrates how “one […]
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-(Natural News) Hundreds of giant windmill blades are being shipped to a landfill in Wyoming to be buried because they simply can’t be recycled. (Article by Adan Salazar republished from Infowars.com) Local media reports several wind farms in the state are sending over 900 un-reusable blades to the Casper Regional Landfill to be buried. While […]
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-(Natural News) Every day, the average American churns out a lot of plastic garbage that takes forever to decay. Over time, the nearly-indestructible waste piles up and contaminates the surroundings, causing serious harm to the environment and human health. This prompted Irish researchers to look for a way to manage the ever-growing mountains of plastic […]
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-(Natural News) We’ve long considered landfills and open dumps as necessary eyesores. However, a Swedish researcher suggests that we could reconsider their contents as sources of potential energy and raw materials, according to an article on ScienceDaily. According to Yahya Jani, doctor of environmental science and chemical engineering, if people and industries think of waste as a source […]
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-(Natural News) Humans have generated an enormous amount of plastic waste over the last few decades – there is no question about that. It’s estimated that between 1950 and 2015, a staggering 8.3 billion tons of plastic was produced. And, as one might expect, a sad majority of it has ended up in landfills. The question […]
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-(Natural News) Fiberglass and resin are the main components of a cell phone, yet they are also the most commonly disposed parts. In a Science Daily article, Canadian researchers have come up with a process that neatly separates the two materials for recycling purposes. The new method is perhaps the first of its kind to lift […]
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-(Natural News) The Indonesian city of Bandung is facing a foe that local government officials fear they cannot overcome: Plastic trash. In a BBC report, army units have been sent to the city to clean up a veritable berg of garbage that clogged an important waterway. Armed with nets, the soldiers scooped up all kinds […]
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