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Scientists Say New Method Turns Coffee Grounds Into High-Potency Renewable Fuel (futurism.com)

2026-06-24 | by Joe Wilkins | tags: flame plasma pyrolysis, biochar, coffee waste

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Are British Civil Servants Merrily Playing ‘GTA Online’ at the Taxpayer’s Expense? (gizmodo.com)

2026-06-23 | tags: british civil servants, gta online, taxpayer expense

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Volunteer Under Investigation for Cleaning Polluted River Without a License, Faces Two Years in Prison (futurism.com)

2026-06-21 | by Joe Wilkins | get Environmental Cleanup Kit → | tags: river cleanup, environmental agency, alders brook

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Researchers Turn Old Junk Drawer Smartphones Into a Mini Cloud Computing Platform (cnet.com)

2026-06-18 | by See Full Bio | get Smartphone Cloud Computing Kit → | tags: google pixel, cloud computing, linux

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Apple supplier Tata avoids regulatory action after pollution warning in India (9to5mac.com)

2026-06-16 | by Marcus Mendes | get Tata Steel Pollution Mask → | tags: apple, tata, tamil nadu

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Good recycling starts at home — and benefits the world (feeds.nature.com)

2026-06-09 | get Recycling Bin Organizer → | tags: collection, households, plastic

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Meet the new ‘reuse’ symbol, a spiraling cousin to the ‘recycling’ icon (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-06-03 | get Reusable Silicone Food Storage Bags → | tags: reuse symbol, global alliance, waste management

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Recovery of plastic from mixed waste boosts recycling rates but affects quality (feeds.nature.com)

2026-06-03 | by Schmuck | get Recycling Plastic Sorting Machine → | tags: plastic recycling, mixed waste, purification systems

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Analysis of trade-offs of post-sorting plastic packaging (feeds.nature.com)

2026-06-03 | by Schmuck | get Recycling Sorting Machine → | tags: pmd, po-so, waste sorting

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New solar desalination breakthrough makes fresh water without toxic brine (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-05-31 | get Portable Solar Water Purifier → | tags: solar desalination, university of rochester, femtosecond lasers

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Nike World Cup Uniforms Made of Recycled Textiles Won’t Solve Fashion Waste (wired.com)

2026-05-30 | by Joseph Winters | get Nike Recycled Football Jersey → | tags: nike, chemical recycling, textile waste

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Nearly half (44%) of every T-shirt goes to waste before you even buy it (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-05-26 | by Steinar Brandslet | get Sustainable Organic Cotton T-shirt → | tags: sintef, ntnu, textile waste

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Tesla's lithium refinery discharges 231,000 gallons of polluted wastewater a day (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-05-19 | by With More Than Years Covering The Automotive Industry | get Tesla Lithium Refinery Water Test Kit → | tags: tesla, lithium refinery, spodumene

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California Law Limits 'Recycling' Logo in New Attack on Plastic Waste (slashdot.org)

2026-05-16 | by Posted | get Recycling Logo Sticker → | tags: california, recycling symbol, plastic waste

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California Law Limits 'Recyling' Logo in New Attack on Plastic Waste (slashdot.org)

2026-05-16 | by Posted | get Recycling Symbol Sticker → | tags: recycling symbol, california law, plastic waste

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New Data Center Equivalent to Setting Off 23 Nuclear Bombs Per Day, Professor Finds (futurism.com)

2026-05-11 | by Frank Landymore | get Nuclear Explosion Simulation Kit → | tags: hyperscale data center, kevin o’leary, utah state university

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Western Digital Promo Code: 15% Off (wired.com)

2026-05-09 | by Molly Higgins | get Western Digital External Hard Drive → | tags: western digital, solid-state drives, usb flash drive

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A life in pictures: celebrating David Attenborough at 100 (feeds.nature.com)

2026-05-08 | by Alexia Austin | get David Attenborough Biography Book → | tags: blue planet, plastic waste, waitrose

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Apple expands environmental initiatives in India with new partnerships (9to5mac.com)

2026-05-07 | by Marcus Mendes | get Apple Environmental Initiatives Kit → | tags: apple, cleanmax, renewable energy

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Robots move in as waste firms struggle to find staff (feeds.bbci.co.uk)

2026-05-04 | get Robotic Waste Collection System → | tags: robots, humanoid, waste firms

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Batteries Not Included, or Required, for These Smart Home Sensors (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-05-03 | get Smart Home Sensor Batteries → | tags: smart home sensors, activity recognition, yibo fu

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Stick It to Jeff Bezos by Turning Your Defunct Kindle Into the World’s Worst Typewriter (gizmodo.com)

2026-04-30 | get Kindle to Typewriter Conversion Kit → | tags: kindle, jeff bezos, e-waste

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It’s time to make a plan for nuclear waste (technologyreview.com)

2026-04-29 | by Casey Crownhart | get Nuclear Waste Storage Container → | tags: nuclear waste, us reactors, deep geological repository

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Your Old Tech Is Worth Money. Yet 29% of Americans Just Stash It Out of Sight, CNET Finds (cnet.com)

2026-04-23 | by See Full Bio | get Tech Recycling Bin → | tags: apple, iphone 14 pro, recycling

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An AI fix for America’s $27 billion grocery waste problem (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-04-21 | get Smart Grocery Waste Tracker → | tags: afresh, grocery waste, supermarkets

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All phones sold in the EU to have replaceable batteries from 2027 (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-04-20 | by Alessio Ghirlanda | get Removable Battery Smartphone Kit → | tags: apple, smartphones, replaceable batteries

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His Harvard Dorm Room Side Hustle Started With a ‘Simple Frustration.’ Now It’s Speeding Toward $500,000 in Sales in Its First Year. (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-04-17 | by Amanda Breen | get Raspberry Pi 4 Kit → | tags: prest, harvard business school, hummus

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AI speeds up design of devices that turn waste heat into electricity (feeds.nature.com)

2026-04-15 | by Cao | get Thermoelectric Generator Kit → | tags: tegnet, thermoelectric generators, nature

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Old laptops in a colo as low cost servers (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-04-09 | get Raspberry Pi 4 Kit → | tags: laptop, vps, datacenter

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Amazon Pulls Support for Perfectly Fine Older Kindles (wired.com)

2026-04-08 | by Boone Ashworth | get Kindle Paperwhite (10th Gen) → | tags: amazon, kindle, kindle paperwhite