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- How the world’s largest garbage dump evolved into a green oasis https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/14/nyregion/freshkills-garbage-dump-nyc.html 43 comments
- Art of dumping: Garbage mess at World Culture Festival http://www.hindustantimes.com/photos/cities/art-of-dumping-garbage-mess-at-world-culture-festival/photo-gz1srrmifdcuhceetek0zj.html 39 comments india
- Of All The Garbage in The World http://troydm.github.io/blog/2015/09/06/of-all-the-garbage-in-the-world/ 7 comments programming
- There are more cigarette butts in the world's oceans than any other type of garbage https://www.businessinsider.com/cigarette-butts-are-the-most-abundant-pieces-of-human-trash-in-oceans-2018-8 609 comments worldnews
- The world’s first space ‘garbage truck’ will be Swiss. https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/business/the-world-s-first-space--garbage-truck--will-be-swiss/46203780 7 comments nottheonion
- The world’s first space ‘garbage truck’ will be Swiss. https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/business/the-world-s-first-space--garbage-truck--will-be-swiss/46203780 14 comments worldnews
- In the richest city in the richest country in the world, this is how nurses are already being forced to protect themselves from coronavirus -- with garbage bags https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/20/nyregion/ny-coronavirus-hospitals.html 17 comments worldnews
- CDC warns of aggressive cannibal rats facing shortage of garbage to eat | World news https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/may/25/us-city-lockdowns-rat-aggression-lack-food-waste 11 comments nottheonion
- If you recycled all the plastic garbage in the world, you could buy the NFL, Apple and Microsoft https://theconversation.com/if-you-recycled-all-the-plastic-garbage-in-the-world-you-could-buy-the-nfl-apple-and-microsoft-108324 4 comments technology
- Human remains found in garbage bags around the gymnasium of kung fu world champion. http://elpais.com/elpais/2013/06/03/inenglish/1370275758_777272.html 17 comments worldnews
- The World’s No. 1 Player Wants to Sell You Nootropic Garbage | Racquet https://racquetmag.com/2020/05/08/the-worlds-no-1-player-wants-to-sell-you-nootropic-garbage/ 23 comments tennis
- Trashed: Inside the Deadly World of Private Garbage… (see comments for why /r/bicycling) https://www.propublica.org/article/trashed-inside-the-deadly-world-of-private-garbage-collection 4 comments bicycling
- Qatar Is Still Treating World Cup Workers Like Garbage http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/qatar-migrant-workers-amnesty-international_56606671e4b08e945fee4204?utm_hp_ref=sports&ir=sports&section=sports 3 comments sports
- The world's rubbish dump: a garbage tip that stretches from Hawaii to Japan http://www.independent.co.uk/environment/the-worlds-rubbish-dump-a-garbage-tip-that-stretches-from-hawaii-to-japan-778016.html 3 comments science
- Grim reality of world's biggest ocean garbage patch 3 times the size of France https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/worlds-biggest-ocean-garbage-patch-27178189 9 comments environment
- Trump Signs Legislation To Clean Up Millions Of Tons Of Garbage From The World’s Oceans https://dailycaller.com/2018/10/11/trump-signs-bill-clean-ocean/ 33 comments worldnews
- Guy does world a favor by exterminating the piece of human-shaped garbage that raped him as a child http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2010/04/06/bam31cqeei.dtl&tsp=1 3 comments reddit.com
- World's First Trash-Powered Electric Garbage Truck Now In The UK http://gas2.org/2009/02/23/worlds-first-trash-powered-electric-garbage-truck/ 4 comments worldnews
- A new international study has found that the concentration of plastics and microplastics in some lakes is worse than in ‘garbage patches’ of oceans, and debris is reaching the most remote places of the world https://www.ceh.ac.uk/news-and-media/news/plastic-pollution-higher-some-lakes-oceans 7 comments science
- AOA - if we want the world to give a fuck about our country, we must stop turning our most pristine tourist locations into a garbage dump. What does this say about us as people? This must end if we want a foreign tourism economy. P.S. I shot this at the #Babusar top yesterday. https://twitter.com/schaheid/status/1412829852080775171 17 comments pakistan
- 'Pile of garbage': Wirecard's stock is so toxic after its $2 billion accounting scandal that even the highly speculative world of day-trading is shying away https://www.businessinsider.com.au/wirecard-stock-robinhood-traders-are-shying-away-from-investing-daytrader-2020-7 3 comments technology
- [Mooney] There was a navy/gray T-shirt draped over the chair in front of Yu Darvish’s locker that read: HOUSTON CHEATED TRASH-TOWN* 2017 CHUMPS And an image of the World Series trophy in a garbage can. https://twitter.com/pj_mooney/status/1230942573033738240?s=21 5 comments baseball
- Malaysia has sent back 150 shipping containers of plastic waste to mostly wealthier nations, saying it would not be world's "garbage dump". The region has been flooded with plastic from more developed economies such as the US and Britain since 2018, after China ordered a halt to most imports. http://www.digitaljournal.com/news/world/malaysia-says-won-t-be-garbage-dump-as-it-returns-waste/article/565566 336 comments worldnews
- [Yu Darvish] If the Dodgers are planning a 2017 World Series parade, I would love to join! So if that is in the works, can someone make a Yu Garbage Jersey for me? https://twitter.com/faridyu/status/1216877422823559169?s=20 8 comments baseball
- [Yu Darvish] If the Dodgers are planning a 2017 World Series parade, I would love to join! So if that is in the works, can someone make a Yu Garbage Jersey for me? https://twitter.com/faridyu/status/1216877422823559169 486 comments baseball
- Glitz, greed and garbage in Gurugram: The world’s most polluted city is on the road to decay, thanks to poor governance and a skewed development model https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/opinion/glitz-greed-and-garbage-in-gurugram/article26535272.ece 5 comments india
- In Game 7 of the 1934 World Series, Joe Medwick became the only player ever to be ejected from a game by the Commissioner. Commissioner Landis ordered him out of the game after a hard slide into Tigers 3B Marvin Owen caused fans to pelt him with fruits, vegetables, and garbage https://sabr.org/bioproj/person/8fed3607 9 comments baseball
- Bitcoin-BCH is the top cryptocurrency in the world by market cap. Bitcoin-BTC is not a currency its a settlement layer, ETH is a world computer and digital oil, Ripple is fiat currency. The oligarchs are competing with their garbage, but Bitcoin Cash is still the #1 cryptocurrency in the world. https://coinmarketcap.com/ 26 comments btc
- World's first ocean plastic-cleaning machine set to tackle Great Pacific Garbage Patch https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/ocean-plastic-cleanup-machine-great-pacific-garbage-patch-launch-boyan-slat-a8317226.html 14 comments technology
- World's first ocean plastic-cleaning machine set to tackle Great Pacific Garbage Patch https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/ocean-plastic-cleanup-machine-great-pacific-garbage-patch-launch-boyan-slat-a8317226.html 7 comments worldnews
- World's first ocean plastic-cleaning machine set to tackle Great Pacific Garbage Patch https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/ocean-plastic-cleanup-machine-great-pacific-garbage-patch-launch-boyan-slat-a8317226.html 786 comments worldnews
- “And play like garbage,” World Peace said about playing back-to-backs. “When I got older and actually wanted to win, I would drink a lot of water, eat a lot of veggies, go to bed once you got into the city — no sex, nothing like that. Because all that stuff adds up.” http://mobile.nytimes.com/2016/12/18/sports/basketball/nba-schedule-contract.html 104 comments nba
- Which is the world’s most wasteful city? Mumbai produces 11,000 tonnes of trash per day, Cairo feeds garbage to pigs and China’s waste is growing twice as fast as its population – but it’s the wealthiest cities that throw the most away https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2016/oct/27/which-is-the-worlds-most-wasteful-city 4 comments india
- Colombian authorities have announced work will begin on July 27 to unearth what they say is the world's largest urban mass grave, located in a garbage tip in a sprawling mountainside slum known as Comuna 13 in western Medellin. http://www.trust.org/item/20150717170755-1wwlx/?source=jt 37 comments worldnews
- Trash burning worldwide significantly worsens air pollution: A new study estimates that more than 40 percent of the world’s garbage is burned in such fires, emitting gases and particles that can substantially affect human health and climate change http://www2.ucar.edu/atmosnews/news/12239/trash-burning-worldwide-significantly-worsens-air-pollution 13 comments science
- The World’s first waste-to-biofuels facility has opened in Edmonton Canada. The facility converts household garbage into biofuels. By 2016, it is expected that 90 per cent of the city's waste will be diverted out of the landfill because of this facility. http://www.edmontonjournal.com/business/energy-resources/world+first+waste+biofuels+facility+opens/9908130/story.html 608 comments worldnews
- Even if everyone in the world stopped putting garbage in the ocean today, giant garbage patches would continue to grow for hundreds of years http://www.science.unsw.edu.au/news/video-our-plastics-will-pollute-oceans-hundreds-years 22 comments science
- Mexico Shuts Down 'World's Biggest Garbage Dump' - Greenhouse gas emissions will be reduced by a minimum of 2,000,000 tons of carbon dioxide a year. It's taken in over 76,000,000 tons of trash. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/45728974/ns/us_news-environment/t/mexico-city-closes-one-worlds-largest-trash-dumps/#.tvbukzvsq18 15 comments worldnews
- Consumer waste from the "Great Pacific Garbage Patch" is turning a Hawaiian beach "into plastic". They found more plastic particles than sand, as they dug a hole on what has been described as "the world's dirtiest beach". http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/8639769.stm 46 comments worldnews
- Colorado Springs, the birthplace of the Teaparty movement, the home of mega churches every few miles, will essentially become a third world city today. Almost all spending on Firefighters, police, street lights, garbage collection etc... will freeze due to lack of funds. http://www.dailykos.com/story/2010/2/1/832723/-colo.-wing-nut-capital-becomes-3rd-world-dump 22 comments politics