Waste Archives

Dysfunction – April 19

December 15, 2020April 19, 2009 by Staff

Sewage plants could be creating ‘super’ bacteria
Economic slump provides tinder for global conflicts
Spain’s costumed debt collectors: final notice?
The dark side of Dubai

Food & agriculture – April 5

December 15, 2020April 5, 2009 by Staff

American ingenuity in Haiti (composting toilets)
To urban hunter, next meal is scampering by
Small farms, big rules
Loggers try to adapt to greener economy

Water & environment – 30 Mar

December 15, 2020March 30, 2009 by Staff

Senate Testimony on the Energy Water Nexus
Drought Turns Water Into a Cash Crop
Water meters in every home ‘will prevent shortages’

Waste & recycling – Mar 27

December 15, 2020March 27, 2009 by Staff

Rise In Frugality Leads To Drop In Trash Collection
SXSW FILM: Garbage Dreams
Large agriculture operations add billions to our economy but what price are we paying?

Economics – March 22

December 15, 2020March 22, 2009 by Staff

U.N. panel says world should ditch dollar
Too big to fail? Think again
The economy is a real killer (health and recession)
Keynes, capitalism, and the crisis (John Bellamy Foster interview)
China’s big recycling market is sagging

Solutions & sustainability – March 22

December 15, 2020March 22, 2009 by Staff

Innovating for a low-carbon age
Minimalist living in Silicon Valley
Jason Bradford: Household and community food security
Maggots as good as gel in leg ulcer treatments
Reuse stores make use of refuse

Water & environment – Mar 18

December 15, 2020March 18, 2009 by Staff

Global forum seeks to avert water crisis
Preparing for Water Quarrels, if not Wars
Chilean Town Withers in Free Market for Water

Waste and recycling – March 12

December 15, 2020March 11, 2009 by Staff

Volunteer army takes on oceans of trash
Boat made of plastic bottles to make ocean voyage
A call to go (nearly) paperless
As the economy slumps, so does trash

The lost art of bodging

December 15, 2020March 7, 2009 by Amanda Kovattana

Bodging describes the act of creating things from a mish mash of available materials in a makeshift workshop. Derived from the term to bodge which specifically refers to the turning of tree branches into chair legs using a foot operated lathe. Such free materials as a bodger might use, today, can be found in the form of recyclables left on the curb and the rapidly disappearing “big trash” day.