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Venezuela Is Turning Thousands Of Abandoned Cars Into Houses
While many people think countries like Norway are leading the way with recycling programs, an ambitious new idea in Venezuela takes things to a whole new level. The country has announced that it will start recycling abandoned cars, motorcycles and bikes in order to build houses from their raw materials.
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Shipping Containers Lost At Sea And The Search For Flight 370
Just how many large mysterious objects can there be floating at sea? That’s what many of us have wondered after the search for debris from Malaysia Airlines 370 turned up piece after piece of ocean trash. The search for flight 370 has focused our attention on empty patches of ocean and, in the process, shed…
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Our Rubbish Has Become A New Ocean Ecosystem Called ‘The Plastisphere’
Sure, we all know pollution destroys ecosystems, but, for better or for worse, pollution can create ecosystems too. The billions of tiny pieces of plastic that are now floating in our oceans are exactly that: a novel ecosystem humans have unwittingly made by throwing away too much plastic. Microbes and insects that might have no…
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This Giant Floating Orb Is Built Out Of New York City’s Discarded Umbrellas
If you happen to be walking around the northern tip of Manhattan these days, you’ll see a strange sphere floating in the water near the Inwood Hill Park. From afar, it looks like a geodesic dome stitched together from thin slivers of metal, but inching closer, you’ll notice something startling. It’s made of trash.