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Photographer Depicts People Lying in Their Garbage
2020-07-20 14:30:00| Waste Age
A Southern California photographer has come up with a peculiar way to highlight the amount of waste Americans generate: He photographs people lying amid a weeks worth of their trash. Some of the subjects depicted by photographer Gregg Segal in his
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Detroit Customs Seizes Marijuana Hidden in Canadian Garbage Truck
2020-06-24 09:00:00| Waste Age
The U.S.-Canadian border has been open to only essential traffic since the COVID-19 pandemic. A Canadian truck driver supposedly moving municipal waste into the U.S. was stopped by U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers in
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New Orleans Garbage Truck Catches on Fire
2020-06-22 09:00:00| Waste Age
A River Waste garbage truck caught on fire and dumped its burning load on Severn Avenue in Jefferson Parish. The Fire Department was trying to identify the source of the fire. See the original video here.
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Napas Garbage Revenue Takes Huge Hit from Business Closures Due to COVID-19
2020-06-04 09:00:00| Waste Age
Napa Countys shelter-in-place order has been in effect since March 15, resulting in the major decline in garbage from restaurants, bars and hotels, and also in revenue. According to Phil Brun, the Utilities Director for the City of Napa, trash disp
Israel-Based UBQ Materials is Turning Garbage into Recyclable Plastic
2020-05-07 15:19:00| Waste Age
UBQ Materials, a company founded in 2012 by Rabbi Yehuda Pearl and Tato Bigio, has developed a chemical process that turns garbage into recyclable plastic. And the plastic resin industry in the U.S. is taking note. UBQ diverts unsorted s
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