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Inside a New York garbage collector’s massive personal collection of treasures found in the trash

For more than three decades, New York Sanitation worker Nelson Molina has picked personal treasures from the garbage he collects in East Harlem. Now totaling more than 45,000 cataloged items, Molina has an astounding personal wunderkammer of treasures from the trash. Nicolas Heller profiles him in this wonderful short documentary.

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Nepal is banning single-use plastic on and around Mt. Everest

Nepal is banning disposable plastic soda bottles and other single-use plastic items in Khumbu, the region where Mount Everest is located. In May, volunteers collected more than six thousand pounds of trash from the mountain. This new ban is meant to reduce the amount of garbage left by tourists and climbers on Everest and in ...

Guy dumps fridge off cliff in nature, mocks recycling. Gets 45000€ fine, has to go get it and dispose properly

ALMERIA, SPAIN: These idiots dumped a used refrigerator out in nature, and the cops made them go out and get it and dispose of it properly.

Morons dump fridge in nature. police orders them to retrieve it.

The guy in the video got fined 45K Euro, and the shitcompany appliance sales firm where he ...

Compaction Solution is the Best Solution for the Environment

10.31.2009 · Posted in Reference and Education Articles

When disposing of our waste, we all want to dispose of it in a way that has the least negative impact on the environment. One such way is known as Compaction. Compaction is a method of handling solid waste by rolling and tamping. As it sounds, compaction makes the bulk smaller by making it more ...