Garbage

Trash, rubbish, waste, refuse...we have a lot of words for the gunk that goes on the truck, because whether we like it or not, humans make a lot of garbage. Get comfy with some grossness as we root around in garbage's past, present, and future. We're all on a path, you guys!
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Garbage
[The Scientific Definition]
Neptune balls
Laser broom
Wishcycling
[Trivia Question]
Eugene Poubelle garbage can ordinance in France
connexionfrance.com/article/Mag/French-Facts/D…
en.wiktionary.org/wiki/poubelle
doodles.google/doodle/eugene-poubelles-190th-b…
[Fact Off]
Sulfur-crested cockatoos opening garbage cans because of social learning
science.org/doi/10.1126/science.abe7808
eurekalert.org/news-releases/963482
cell.com/current-biology/fulltext/S0960-9822(22)01285-4
Hermit crabs are using plastic trash as shells
sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0048969…
smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/hermit-crabs-usi…
[Ask the Science Couch]
Waste-to-energy methods: power plants/incineration, gasification, landfill gas, anaerobic digestion
sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0959652…
eia.gov/energyexplained/biomass/waste-to-energ…
sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/B9780857…
ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/5530419
epa.gov/lmop/basic-information-about-landfill-…
nature.com/articles/nclimate2804
epa.gov/agstar/how-does-anaerobic-digestion-work
[Butt One More Thing]
Poop composition of gull flocks that eat garbage from landfills
sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0043135…
eurekalert.org/news-releases/558545

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