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Can Plastic Waste Be Transformed Into Food for Humans?

Sep 7, 2024 davidstone1313

In 2019, the U.S. Department of Defense sought solutions to convert plastic waste into usable products for the military. DARPA funded research aiming to create a system that can transform plastic into fuel and food. Michigan…

Sep 3, 2024 How New York City Is Getting Screwed Out of $4.2 Billion in State Green Bonds New York City voters heavily supported the Environmental Bond Act, but the city has received only 2% of the funds so far,…

Jul 9, 2024 New NYC Garbage Bins — and New Rules — Roll Out This November Mayor Eric Adams announced a plan to require new NYC Bins for small residential buildings by June 2026, with escalating fines for…

May 21, 2024 Governor’s Desk: TREES Act and Climate Leadership in New York The TREES Act has been shepherded through the New York State Senate by Liz Krueger for the second year and has been…

Feb 7, 2024 Microplastics: A Cause for Concern in Our Environment and Health Are Microplastics Harmful? The presence of microplastics, tiny plastic fragments less than 5 millimeters in size, has become a growing concern for…

Nov 28, 2023 Less Compost, More Methane Gas and Landfill Loom in Proposed Budget Cuts City-funded food scrap compost programs face potential shutdown, giving way to government programs that turn food waste into greenhouse gas —…

Sep 12, 2023 In Search of Safer Refuge: The Challenges of Replicating Nature September 11, 2023 by Marta Zaraska In 2016, Ox Lennon was trying to peek in the crevices inside a pile of rocks.…

Sep 11, 2023 Bare it all: The Naked Truth about Riding Bicycles in New York City to Protest Biofuels Ah, New York City, the Big Apple, the city that never sleeps, and now, the city that sometimes cycles in the buff.…

Jul 13, 2023 Saturday, Celebrate City of Water Day with iDig2Learn in FDR Four Freedoms State Park JOIN US THIS SATURDAY AT FDR FOUR FREEDOMS PARK on Roosevelt Island.CITY OF WATER DAY – FREE SATURDAY – Water is powerful and…

Mar 28, 2023 Kelp Farming May Help Clean New York’s Polluted Waterways and Fight Climate Change Paddling their boat in a creek inlet in Greenpoint, Shanjana Mahmud and Luke Eddins, volunteers with the Newtown Creek Alliance, headed to…

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