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Man Sets Neighbourhood Ablaze Trying To Turn Poo Into Gold

Amateur science is a wonderful thing, but it’s got to be kept in check, people. Building your own space balloon or cataloguing the local wildlife? Great! Taking a dump in your basement and trying to turn it into gold by heating it until it catches fire? Um.

October 18, 2011
Science

This Automated Poop Scooper Will Pick A Peck Of Piles

I dislike picking up my dog’s droppings almost as much as stepping in them. However, a fleet of these automated scoopers could one day safeguard my shoe soles from dog droppings without reducing me to picking up poop.

September 26, 2011
Computing

Aussie ‘E-Waste Hell’ In Ghana

Gizmodo AU

This is not a happy story to start your Monday with. That TV or computer you put out for recycling, feeling all eco-friendly? It’s killing children in Ghana.

September 13, 2011
Geek Out

Your House Could Be Made Of Recycled Nappies Someday

Nappies and other absorbent hygiene products are a problem. In the UK alone, millions of tons are thrown away or incinerated each year. But Canadian company Knowaste has a solution that’ll take this waste and convert it to building materials.

August 20, 2011
Science

Human Poop Is Killing The Coral

This is what coral is supposed to look like. The bad news is that a bacteria from human sewage is killing coral in the Florida Keys and making it look like this.

August 6, 2011
News

Texas Town Is Drinking Recycled Pee Water Because Of Drought

I wouldn’t want to live in West Texas right now. Why? Because the Colorado River Municipal Water District, which supplies water to the region, is recycling wastewater (aka pisswater) into tap water. Recycle, reduce, reuse… it never sounded so gross.

June 20, 2011
News

Tennessee To Be Proud Owner Of 1000 Tons Of Radioactive Waste

As a flooded Nebraska contends with a potential nuclear incident, the tornado-ravaged state of Tennessee will soon have their own radioactive material to contend with – freshly imported from Germany!

May 23, 2011
News

An Obscenely Stinky Waste Facility Is Destroying A California Town

I’m pretty sure everybody in this world hates foul smelling things. So I can’t for the life of me imagine what life is like at Mecca, California, a small, dusty town that’s been decimated by the stench of a waste facility.

April 25, 2011
Computing

Gazelle Gets Into The Reselling Business

I’ve used e-waste recycling service Gazelle a few times now, so I’m comfortable recommended other recyclers use it as well, but today’s news isn’t about recycling – it’s about reselling.

February 11, 2011
Science

Canadian Waste Plant Will Power Itself Using Soda And Beer

A new Canadian plant will convert waste soda and beer into ethanol for fuel tanks. Milco Industries’ unwanted liquids are usually deposited into landfills, but now this plant can change them into ethanol, which burns cleaner than fossil fuels. [Inhabitant]

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