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· Ryan General
School in India Lets Kids Pay Tuition By Recycling Plastic
With the aim of encouraging poor parents to send their children to school instead of stone quarries, a small school for underprivileged students in India began accepting plastic waste as school fees. View this post on Instagram Akshar accepts plastic packets as school fees. The…
· Carl Samson
Boy in China Forced to Collect Recycling After Stealing $290 From His Grandma
A nine-year-old boy in southern China has been collecting recyclables since Golden Week to pay off the 2,000 yuan ($290) that he had stolen from his grandmother. It was discovered that for two weeks, Hanghang quietly used his grandmother’s WeChat Pay account for mobile game…
· Ryan General
Chinese Factory Exposed For Recycling Used Adult Diapers to Make New Ones
Usually, the idea of recycling is something to be applauded, but one Chinese factory’s methods are just too crappy to be appreciated. A small manufacturing plant in the province of Shandong was recently discovered to be recycling used, soiled adult diapers to make new ones.
· Augustine Reyes Chan
A Recycling Firm Wants to Give $100,000 to the Woman Who Donated This Rare Apple Computer
An unidentified woman unwittingly recycled a rare, treasured computer put together by Steve Jobs which she now stands to make $100,000 from.
· Bryan Ke
YouTuber Challenges Tourists to Look for Public Trash Cans in Tokyo Because it’s Hard AF
YouTuber, That Japanese Man Yuta, has once again taken to the streets of Japan and this time he challenged tourists to look for public trash cans around the country’s capital, Tokyo.
· Bryan Ke
Bloomberg Tried to Blame Southeast Asia for World’s Trash Problems, Immediately Regrets It
Western media outlet Bloomberg recently released a list which blamed several southeast Asian countries for polluting the ocean with trash, but netizens from the region did not take the accusations lightly. On July 13, Bloomberg’s official Twitter page listed down eight countries…
· Ryan General
Filipino Mom Survives By Selling Food Made of Trash
Despite the “economic growth” the Philippines’ government has been touting in recent years, the undeniable fact remains that millions of Filipinos are still living in extreme poverty, left unable to afford three square meals a day. For these desperate poor Filipinos, scavenged…
· Bryan Ke
Japan Has a Genius Plan to Help With South Asia’s Garbage Problem
The Japanese government has recently expressed their plans to help their Southeast Asian neighbors manage their trash pollution problem by turning them into energy. According to Nikkei Asian Review, Japan’s government is forming a “public-private partnerships to boost exports of…
· Kimberly Nguyen
Filipino Engineer Uses Recycled Plastic Waste to Create Chairs for Schoolchildren
Filipino engineer Winchester Lemen is a mechanical engineer from the southern Philippines and runs Envirotech Waste Recycling to turn plastic garbage into chairs. Envirotech Waste Recycling (EWRI) began making chairs when a visitor came to his plant to ask if he could make…
· Bryan Ke
Startup Founders Discover Innovative New Way to Recycle Plastic
Meet Jeanny Yao and Miranda Wang, the co-founders of Silicon Valley startup BioCellection, a company that seeks to improve plastic recycling by turning them into compounds for making clothing material and other consumer goods. Yao and Wang’s journey to recycling began when they…
· Ryan General
Japanese Artist Who Created ‘Momo’ Has Destroyed It After Causing Online Hysteria
The Japanese artist behind the horrifying image used in the viral Momo controversy stated that he has already destroyed the sculpture, proclaiming “Momo is dead.” According to the artist Keisuke Aisawa, identified by the Sun as Keisuke Aiso, he feels “responsible” for terrifying…
· Carl Samson
Japanese Plant Discovered to Have New Anti-Aging Compounds, Study Finds
A compound that holds potential for promoting longevity was discovered in Ashitaba plants, which are traditionally used for Japanese medicine. Researchers at the Institute of Molecular Biosciences in Graz University, Austria screened 180 compounds representing different…
· Carl Samson
Suspected Thief Gets Stuck in Bay Area Chinese Restaurant’s Grease Vent for 2 Days
A man suspected of trying to break into a Chinese restaurant in San Lorenzo, California ended up stuck in its grease vent for two days. The man, standing 5 feet and 9 inches (175.26 centimeters), stripped off his jacket and slid down the vent, which immobilized him into a…
· Bryan Ke
McDonald’s in Japan Starts Using Trays Made Form Recycled Plastic Toys
McDonald’s in Japan are using trays recycled from plastic toys as part of the fast food chain’s attempt to reduce plastic waste.
· Carl Samson
Mom Transforms Old Clothes Into Awesome Pieces for Her Kids to Wear
A mother of three with a knack for transforming old clothes into new pieces of eco-friendly fashion is winning love on social media. Sarah Tyau only recycled clothes to save money at first. She started after the birth of her first daughter by going through her closet.
· Von Wong
Artist Turns 4100 Pounds of E-Waste into EPIC Sculptures to Inspire People to Recycle
Every single day, 142,000 computers are thrown away in the United States At least, that was the case in 2010. Electronic waste is the fastest growing municipal waste stream in the world. Today, that number is far higher and the only way to alleviate the situation is getting…
· Heather Johnson Yu
Vietnamese Dad Humiliated By HR Employee Because of His English Skills Finally Gets a Job
Last month, Seattle resident Emily Huynh tweeted about an incident where an HR director sent a horribly unprofessional email to her father after he applied for a position at that company. Non-English speakers really have it hard bc my dad just got rejected from this job offer…
· Ryan General
The U.K. Now Has Tons of Plastic Piling Up After China Stops Taking Their Recycle Waste
The United Kingdom will have to find another way to dispose of the mountains of plastic waste continuously building up in the island nation as China has stopped accepting imported household plastics meant for recycling. According to the BBC, Britain sent up to 500,000 tonnes of…
· Kyle Encina
Couple Arrested for Illegally Refining Gold From Mobile Phones, Dumping Toxic Chemicals in China
A Chinese couple attempted to make gold out of used mobile phones but were arrested by police for their illegal method. The offenders rented a recycling shop in Shanghai back in April, where they hoped to refine gold using a crude and unsanitary process.
· Ryan General
Justin Trudeau Dines at Jollibee During Philippines Visit — But There’s One Problem
Justin Trudeau was his usual charismatic self during his visit to the Philippines for the 31st Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Summit in Manila this weekend. The Canadian prime minister, dubbed a “heartthrob” in the country, charmed his Filipino “fans” by dropping…