Residents on a string of coral-fringed islands off Jakarta's coast are battling a tidal wave of trash, with more than 40 tons of rubbish collected daily over the past week, an official said.
Environment
Nov 30, 2018
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Hundreds of people sifted through a vast wasteland of rubbish strewn across a beach in Indonesia on Thursday, underscoring the Southeast Asian archipelago's mammoth marine waste problem
Environment
Feb 21, 2019
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A house proud mouse, considerately tidying up the workbench of the shed in which it lives, has been captured on video and shared online. The mouse pops out of a box, picks up some screws, nail clippers and a metal chain and ...
Plants & Animals
Mar 25, 2019
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Does the design of a rubbish bin affect the amount of litter thrown into it? A new study published in Resources, Conservation & Recycling Advances has compared the amount of litter put in outdoor rubbish bins with different ...
Social Sciences
Nov 28, 2023
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Tokyo's well-kept streets may not be the most obvious place to do it, but competitive litter-hunters on Wednesday sifted through the Japanese capital in their first world championship.
Environment
Nov 22, 2023
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Visitors to a theme park in western France this week have a new attraction to enjoy: six crows that have been specially trained to pick up cigarette ends and rubbish.
Ecology
Aug 16, 2018
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You might never have heard of expanded polystyrene, but you've definitely used it. It's the lightweight white foam used for everything from packing peanuts to holding boxes of veggies at the supermarket.
Environment
Jul 25, 2018
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Our beaches are in trouble. Limited recycling programs and a society that throws away so much have resulted in more than 3 million metric tons of plastic polluting the oceans. An estimated 1.5–1.9% of this rubbish ends ...
Environment
Sep 26, 2023
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