Americans tossed 292.4 million tons of trash into landfills in 2018, or about 5 pounds of garbage per person per day. Once in a landfill, much of that trash undergoes some wild chemistry, often polluting the surrounding area. But amid all the stinking refuse is potentially valuable material, and some environmentalists and engineers see landfills … Read more
This story was originally published by Grist. Sign up for Grist’s weekly newsletter here. Biggest Forest Fire in New Mexico History As petrochemical companies continue to inundate the world with cheap plastic products and packaging — much of which is designed to be used once and then thrown away — they’ve been heavily promoting one … Read more
Companies and houses all through Texas cranked up their air-con this week in the course of the ongoing warmth dome, pushing the grid into record-breaking vitality utilization. This Summer time’s Hottest Umbrella Knowledge from the Electrical Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT), the state’s grid operator, confirmed that energy use reached 80,828 megawatts at 6 p.m. … Read more