#landfill — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #landfill, aggregated by home.social.
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🚮💡 Turns out, your #recycling #guilt trip might be as pointless as a #landfill in the Sahara ⏳. Meet Viktor Zhdanov—whose biggest project wasn't making you feel bad about plastic straws, but something else you'll forget in 5 minutes! 📚🙄
https://worksinprogress.co/issue/just-bury-your-trash/ #ViktorZhdanov #environmentalawareness #forgettableprojects #sustainability #HackerNews #ngated -
🚮💡 Turns out, your #recycling #guilt trip might be as pointless as a #landfill in the Sahara ⏳. Meet Viktor Zhdanov—whose biggest project wasn't making you feel bad about plastic straws, but something else you'll forget in 5 minutes! 📚🙄
https://worksinprogress.co/issue/just-bury-your-trash/ #ViktorZhdanov #environmentalawareness #forgettableprojects #sustainability #HackerNews #ngated -
Guinea rescuers search for victims after deadly landfill landslide
Rescuers hunt for survivors after a landslide at a landfill in Guinea's capital killed 30 people. Heavy rains overnight prompted the collapse of a massive mound of waste that engulfed nearby tents and shacks. #News #Reuters #Newsfeed #guinea #landslide #landfill #rains Read the story here: 👉 Subscribe: Keep up with the latest news from around the world: Follow Reuters on Facebook: Follow Reuters on X:…
https://fllics.com/en/video/guinea-rescuers-search-for-victims-after-deadly-landfill-landslide/
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PFAS contamination sites and dead platypus
Mapping "hazardous concentrations" of PFAS plumes on NSW waterwaysA study "found alarmingly high levels of PFOS in the livers of eight dead platypuses, collected from waterways across NSW."
"…Due to the shape of the valley, groundwater from beneath the landfill "ultimately flows towards the Ourimbah Creek catchment”.
"When you look at some of the research that's coming through, clearly it's raw water, our waterways, that we also need to be concerned about because we know PFAS gets into wildlife."
"The research that I've seen, not just in platypus, but in some other species, is really frightening. If that isn't enough to get the government to act on looking at PFAS in waterways, not just drinking water, then I don't know what is."
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https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02-07/pfas-contamination-investigation-ourimbah-creek-catchment-nsw/106037472"Scientists...have discovered PFOS in the livers of eight deceased platypuses collected from numerous eastern NSW rivers, from the north coast in Bellingen to the alps of Jindabyne." >>
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-08-20/australia-forever-chemicals-pfas-drinking-water-platypus/104244072#rivers #water #pollution #biodiversity #wildlife #platypus #wetlands #NSW #roads #crashes #spills #landfill #runoff #petrol #PFAS #PFOS #FirefightingFoam #OurimbahCreek #Bellingen #governance
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#RepairCafe starts #TechAmnesty to support #community
by Alexandra Bassingham, June 24, 2025
"A community project, which encourages people to bring in items to be fixed for free, has opened an amnesty point for unused #technology to be handed in and repurposed for others.
"The Repair Café, started by Biddy Hammond from Somerset, has helped hundreds of people since being set up in October 2023.
"It has two donation drop-ins a month, one in #BurnhamOnSea and the other in nearby #Highbridge. Items can also be donated at the information bureau on Burnham seafront.
"They now have almost 20 #volunteers, fixing items including #SoftToys, #upholstery, #electricals, and #clocks, which in turn, reduces items sent to #landfill sites.
"Ms Hammond said they are looking for an offer of a storage facility space so they can support the community even more
"Ms Hammond said it was after hearing a woman at a charity shop saying she could not afford to fix her iron, that she came up with the idea of opening a repair café.
" 'I thought it's such a simple thing to do to help people out and it's pointless buying a new whatever every five minutes, because items work for such a short while nowadays.'
"Repair Cafe volunteers also visit homes with a thermal imaging camera, to help people increase insulation with 'simple fixes in their homes like thicker curtains,' Ms Hammond added.
"She said after lockdown the repair cafe has built the community in quite a strong way, offering a service and a social space.
"Hugh Champion, one of the repair team, said: 'We have a good time, hopefully delight a few customers, and send them home with things they had written off that are back to working condition again.
" 'And people are so delighted when you help them fix something especially when it has high sentimental value,' he added."
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https://bbc.com/news/articles/cly8n90v504o#SolarPunkSunday #RepairCafesUK #RepairReuseRecycle #RepairReuse #RightToRepair #Fixit #ReUse #UK #ReduceRepairReuseRecycle #Waste #eWaste #Volunteer
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#Urban #birds are teeming with #antibioticresistant #bacteria
Exposure to bacteria in #landfill sites and polluted rivers may explain prevalence among city-dwelling birds
According to data for 2019, about 4.95M deaths globally were associated with bacterial AMR, including 1.27M directly caused by such resistance.
Researchers say species of wild birds that tend to turn up in urban settings are reservoirs for bacteria with the hallmarks of resistance to a host of #drugs.
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/article/2024/aug/13/urban-birds-are-teeming-with-antibiotic-resistant-bacteria-study-finds -
"Revealed: the 1,200 big #methane #CH4 leaks from waste dumps trashing the #planet - The huge leaks of the potent #GreenhouseGas #GHG will doom climate targets, experts say, but stemming them would rapidly reduce #GlobalHeating
There have been more than 1,000 huge leaks of the potent greenhouse gas methane from #landfill #waste #dumps since 2019, the #Guardian can reveal.
Analysis of global satellite data from around the world shows the populous nations of south #Asia are a hotspot for these super-emitter events, as well as #Argentina and #Spain, developed countries where proper waste management should prevent leaks.
#Landfills emit methane when organic waste such as food scraps, wood, card, paper and garden waste decompose in the absence of oxygen. Methane, also called #NaturalGas, traps 86 times more heat in the atmosphere than #CarbonDioxide #CO2 over 20 years, making it a critical target for #climate action. Scientists have said #emissions from unmanaged landfills could double by 2050 as urban populations grow, blowing the chance of avoiding #ClimateCatastrophe"
#ClimateCrisis #ClimateEmergency #Klimakrise #GlobalWarming #ClimateTargets
A total of 1,256 methane super-emitter events occurred between January 2019 and June 2023, according to the new data. #Pakistan, #India and #Bangladesh lead the list of nations with the most large leaks, followed by #Argentina, #Uzbekistan and Spain.