MIT Waste Alliance

09/26/2024

We would be grateful if you could please get Takachar as many votes as possible for the PepsiCo green house accelerator people’s choice award!

07/17/2024

We're hiring in the San Francisco Bay Area:

09/27/2021

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0734242X211035926

08/15/2021

https://www.cbc.ca/radio/costofliving/why-that-two-year-old-pickup-truck-is-almost-as-expensive-as-a-brand-new-one-these-days-1.6017055/online-returns-find-second-life-at-real-life-treasure-hunt-business-1.6017271

Ever wondered what happens to the items you mail back to online businesses? A new business open in Ontario and Alberta is buying pallets full of returns from Canadian big box and online retailers, then selling them for next to nothing.

05/01/2021

https://getpocket.com/explore/item/your-cotton-tote-is-pretty-much-the-worst-replacement-for-a-plastic-bag?utm_source=pocket-newtab

You have to use a cotton tote thousands of times to make up for its environmental impact.

03/23/2021

https://www.wired.com/story/where-shoes-ordered-check-ocean-floor/?utm_source=pocket-newtab

More containers have fallen off ships in the past four months than are typically lost in a year. Blame heavy traffic and rolling waves.

03/18/2021

https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-56404803

Scientists turn polythene into textiles in a development designed to make fashion more sustainable.

03/14/2021

https://getpocket.com/explore/item/the-case-for-the-humble-garbage-disposal?utm_source=pocket-newtab

From a waste-management perspective, the in-sink tool punches far above its weight.

01/08/2021

https://news.mit.edu/2021/inentec-turning-trash-into-valuable-chemical-products-clean-fuels-0106

Spun out of MIT in 1995, InEnTec uses a process called plasma gasification to turn any kind of trash — even biological, radioactive, and other hazardous waste — into valuable chemical products and clean fuels.

12/27/2020

https://www.economist.com/international/2020/12/19/covid-19-has-posed-new-challenges-to-the-worlds-waste-pickers

Those who are better organised have prospered more

12/26/2020

https://www.cnn.com/2020/12/18/tech/compology-artificial-intelligence/

Jason Gates spends a lot of his time thinking about trash, and how we can generate less of it.

12/14/2020

https://www.fastcompany.com/90585634/recycled-plastic-wont-save-the-planet?fbclid=IwAR2XL0rkt2qqanU4wfYLtKRB6LW075MG2hd87NkW1iBTYC6gZLCaDFeV2Y0

Recycled plastic won’t save the environment.