Jun 07 How to stop 13 million tons of clothing from getting trashed every year By Gretchen Frazee As consumers call for more sustainable products, companies are experimenting with ways to meet the growing demand for recycled clothing while maintaining their bottom lines. Continue reading
May 09 Watch 7:58 Watchdog group tracks what really happens to your 'recycled' e-waste By PBS News Hour The U.S. leads the world in e-waste, and while electronic recycling is increasingly popular, what happens after consumers drop off their computers, phones and other products is less clear. A watchdog group has found a lot of tossed junk, with… Continue watching
Mar 10 These plastic-munching bacteria could degrade soda bottles in weeks By Nsikan Akpan Scientists in Japan have discovered bacteria that feed on plastic and may change the future of recycling. Continue reading
Oct 22 The future of mining might be rotting in your compost bin By Rebecca Jacobson, Inside Energy These scientists are making glass from what you throw in the garbage. They hope that our waste will be the cutting edge of mining. Continue reading
Jan 25 Watch San Francisco on Track to Become Zero Waste City San Francisco is trying to become the first city with zero waste. By requiring residents and businesses to separate compostable items such as food scraps, as well as recyclable items, NewsHour correspondent Spencer Michels reports that the city has already… Continue watching
May 28 '17th Century Recycling' Made into Art By Tom LeGro In his backyard in Denver, Ray Tomasso calls paper making 17th-century-style recycling. His workshop is filled with boxes of old cotton rags, blue jeans, rag board and scraps of paper -- the perfect material for his art. Continue reading
Aug 12 Recycling a Museum's 'Trash' Back Into Art When the Los Angeles Contemporary Museum of Art recently deaccessioned a trove of costumes from its collection, a textile artist stumbled upon an auction catalog. His new project was born when he scooped up more than 50 deaccessioned costumes. Continue reading
Jan 31 In Case You Missed It: The End of Globalization? Paul Solman revisits the port of Long Beach, Calif., just a year after first reporting there, and finds fields of unsold Mercedes and tracts of Toyotas. Read the transcript here. ]>… Continue reading
Feb 19 Watch Electronic Waste Adds to Pollution in India Electronic waste, composed of heated and discarded metals from computer parts, is accumulating quickly as India's computer recycling industry rapidly expands. NewsHour reports on government regulation of computer recycling and the health threat posed by improper recycling of computer parts. Continue watching