Stories Tagged as
Trash
How an $8,000 garbage bin actually saves taxpayers money
Sep 26, 2013
It turns out the government can do more with Big Data than just spy -- they can use it to save money, too.
National parks take out the trash (cans)
Aug 22, 2013
Parks are increasingly translating 'Leave No Trace' into 'Leave No Trash Can.'
Why only a third of our trash is being recycled
Aug 5, 2013
More than 40 years after the “Crying Indian” campaign encouraged Americans to stop pollution, a new "Keep America Beautiful" hopes to boost recycling.
The cost of junk on the ocean floor
Jun 6, 2013
The Monterrey Bay Aquarium just released a new report on all the sea junk they've discovered over the past 22 years of underwater surveys.
Tracking the economy and GDP through trash
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Kai Ryssdal
Aug 16, 2012
How does our garbage relate to our GDP? Economist Michael McDonough has worked out the GDP-to-trash economic indicator.
When Trash is Anything But Waste
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Eve Troeh
Jan 27, 2011
In the 1970s, California faced growing concerns about the supply and cost of energy, in addition to worries about running out of landfill space....
Should you have to pay if you don't recycle?
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Adriene Hill
Aug 23, 2010
**Easy Answer: Cleveland thinks so. **...
For public good, not for profit.
If your community picked up your trash less often, would you create less trash?
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Adriene Hill
Aug 11, 2010
Easy Answer: The city of Seattle might try to find out....