Dive into the archives.
- Trash Vortex: sea-based landfilling?
08-12-03: Trash Vortex
The world’s largest garbage dump is located thousands of miles from land. Also known as The Great Pacific Garbage Patch, the Pacific Trash Vortex is an area of marine debris floating in the Pacific Ocean. This collection of trash is characterized as a plastic-soup due the high concentrations of suspended disposable plastics that [...]
- Vortices, Heaps, and Enzymes
[The streets of Naples have been inundated with garbage since last summer.]
Or, Three States of Waste…
We have been following the Naples “trash crisis” for almost a year now. Unbeknownst to us, as of a few days ago, the problem has apparently been declared “resolved” by Berlusconi.
It began more than 14 years ago, but flared up [...]
