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Sorting Trash Incorrectly? One City Will Publicly Call You Out

Come March, waste offenders in Fukushima, Japan, will be named and shamed

(Newser) - Japan has long been a leader in waste reduction, and now one city there is upping the ante for offenders of stringent trash rules. The BBC reports that come March, Fukushima will out people who shirk waste-disposal guidelines by naming and shaming them publicly. While the practice has been used...

Train Full of Poop From NJ, NY Stuck in Alabama Town
Train Carrying
10M Pounds of Poop
Stuck in Alabama Town
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Apr 8, 2018 6:33 AM CDT

Train Carrying 10M Pounds of Poop Stuck in Alabama Town

'God help us if it gets hot and this material is still out here'

(Newser) - Springtime in one small Alabama town smells more like manure than magnolias this year—and it's going to get a lot worse as the weather gets warmer. Dozens of freight cars carrying some 10 million pounds of human waste, enough to form a malodorous train more than a mile...

Oslo's Weird Problem: Not Enough Garbage
Oslo's Weird Problem:
Not Enough Garbage
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May 4, 2013 1:13 PM CDT

Oslo's Weird Problem: Not Enough Garbage

Waste-to-energy plants running out of stuff to burn

(Newser) - Oslo has got a problem a lot of cities would love to share: a major shortage of garbage. Around half of the Norwegian capital is heated by garbage-burning power plants, but with recycling rates very high, the plants simply can't get enough of the stuff, the New York Times...

Indian Tribe Doesn't Want US Trash on Sacred Land

It's fighting a plan to ship Hawaii garbage to Washington state

(Newser) - Hawaii's landfill space is in such short supply, the state decided to transport thousands of tons of trash 2,600 miles to Washington. Making the journey even more bizarre: The waste would travel over the Yakama Indians' sacred hunting grounds to get to its destination, and the tribe is none...

Informant: Italian Mafia Sank Ship Carrying Nuke Waste

Authorities have pinpointed ship, but haven't confirmed contents

(Newser) - Italian authorities are investigating an informant’s claim that the mafia sank a ship containing nuclear waste off the country’s southwest coast, the BBC reports. Underwater cameras show the ship intact, with barrels nearby marked as containing toxic contents; the informant says that organized crime has gotten into the...

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