Hacker News with Generative AI: Waste Management

Cups tossed in recycling bins at Starbucks tracked to incinerators and landfill (cbsnews.com)

Environmental Issues, Waste Management, Starbucks, Recycling

31 points by ilamont 42 days ago | 22 comments

Advances in Biorefinery of Cattle Manure for Value-Added Products (mdpi.com)
A large amount of cattle manure is generated in the US every year, creating challenges for ecosystem sustainability while offering opportunities for value-added products through biorefinery.

Biotechnology, Sustainability, Agriculture, Waste Management

3 points by PaulHoule 50 days ago | 0 comments

Pyrolysis technology for plastic waste recycling: a review (sciencedirect.com)

Waste Management, Recycling, Technology, Environmental Science

5 points by thunderbong 101 days ago | 0 comments

The Engineering of Landfills (practical.engineering)

Engineering, Waste Management, Environmental Science

521 points by impish9208 137 days ago | 324 comments

North Korean balloons have dropped tonnes of waste on the South (reuters.com)

North Korea, South Korea, International Relations, Waste Management, Geopolitics

8 points by ck45 145 days ago | 5 comments

Chinese drones will fly trash out of Everest slopes (kathmandupost.com)

Environmental Issues, Technology, Nepal, Waste Management

10 points by hunglee2 161 days ago | 5 comments

Scientists genetically engineer fly species to eat more of humanity's waste (theguardian.com)

Genetics, Science, Waste Management, Environmental Sustainability

7 points by PaulHoule 162 days ago | 0 comments

Pennsylvania's oil industry dumped waste across the state (grist.org)

Pennsylvania, Oil Industry, Environmental Issues, Waste Management

7 points by downvotetruth 173 days ago | 1 comments

The Future of Trash [pdf] (2023) (cityofnewyork.us)

Waste Management, Future, Environmentalism, Sustainability

35 points by jonbaer 191 days ago | 15 comments

Some landfill 'burps' contain airborne PFAS, study finds (phys.org)

Environmental Science, Pollution, Chemicals, Waste Management, Research

41 points by PaulHoule 193 days ago | 0 comments

The brain makes a lot of waste. Now scientists think they know where it goes (npr.org)

Neuroscience, Biology, Waste Management, Science

274 points by robg 205 days ago | 175 comments

Up to 78M batteries will be discarded daily by 2025, researchers warn (europa.eu)

Batteries, Waste Management, Environment, Technology, Research

43 points by teleforce 208 days ago | 68 comments

Recycling plastic is a dangerous waste of time (quillette.com)

Recycling, Environmentalism, Waste Management

61 points by jseliger 214 days ago | 33 comments

Don't waste your time recycling plastic (washingtonpost.com)

Environmentalism, Waste Management, Sustainability

64 points by jgwil2 270 days ago | 81 comments