We’ve been following the installation and study of Seabins in Toronto for a while now. Good news just keeps happening from these floating garbage cans! Floating trash collectors were put in the Toronto harbour a few years ago and the research team behind the project keeps finding interesting things. The
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Things Are Good: Floating Garbage Bins Succeed in Toronto
@PortsToronto Infrastructure VP Chris Sawicki talks to media about how our new Seabins work to capture rubbish from #singleuseplastics to #microplastics smaller than a grain of rice. pic.twitter.com/ZWMClUIJzZ — PortsToronto (@PortsToronto) October 10, 2019 Toronto just announced that the Seabin trial project was a success and now they are expanding
Continue readingScripturient: The greening of shaving
But my brother Esau is an hairy man, but I am a smooth man. I recall those lines from a Beyond the Fringe sketch first released in 1964 (see below).* And so it was in my family: my brother was the hirsute Esau to my near-hairless Jacob. I didn’t need
Continue readingScripturient: Blue bin blues
Every Monday it’s the same thing. I walk my dog along local streets, past the blue bins put out on the curb by residents, bins stuffed with content meant for recycling. Two bins are provided to every household: one for recyclable plastics and glass, the other for paper and cardboard.
Continue readingThings Are Good: Turning Trash Into Health Care in Indonesia
Indonesia has a rather large number of people on reactively small landmass and as a result solid waste has become a problem. Enter Garbage Clinical Insurance which is a company focussed on turning trash collection into health care. It’s a simple solution insofar that people who can’t afford to see
Continue readingThings Are Good: Discard These 20 Things to Improve Your Health
There are some minor things you can do around your home to improve your health and the health of the planet. These things range from where you plant trees and what you buy, Time magazine has looked in the opposite direction: what to throw away. They have a list of
Continue readingLeDaro: Trash in the Pacific Ocean
We humans are doing a good job to pollute our planet. Not in too distant future it may become unlivable. You may watch the video here.
Continue readingThings Are Good: Sweden Ran Out of Garbage
Late last year Sweden ran out of garbage which caused problems in their energy network. In an ironic step, Sweden’s efficient waste diversion programs are so good that their trash-burning power plants couldn’t find anything to burn. To keep electricity flowing they turned to neighbour Norway for their trash. Let’s
Continue reading350 or bust: Sweden Trashes Canada In Renewable Energy
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