Fire and 'sheer volume': how Britain's 6m-vape problem is putting recycling under strain

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/may/17/disposable-vapes-suez-uk

#Environment #Waste #Recycling

I am speechless. He isnt done. Now he wants a 250 character SCULPTURE GARDEN???
All of him I assume.
I can't keep up. Im trying to keep up, I can't keep up with all the corruption.

and all the tacky leftovers.
#uspol #corruption #vanityprojects #waste #fraud #abuse #thistimelinesucks

#PublicCitizen #TFG #PoolBlues #Waste

At the behest of Donald Trump, the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool in Washington, D.C., is being painted bright blue.

The long, shallow basin sits on the National Mall between the Washington Monument and the Lincoln Memorial.

It is not for swimming or other recreational activities.

Its name comes from the fact that it was designed specifically to reflect those memorials and invoke the best ideals of the men they honor.

Now it will just give the impression that we live under a perpetually clear, blue sky.

It’s a wonder Trump isn’t having the Reflecting Pool painted with a giant mural of himself giving Abraham Lincoln the finger.

Public Citizen has launched an investigation into Trump’s Reflecting Pool fiasco — which may be the most misguided and wasteful paint job in American history — demanding records under the Freedom of Information Act.

Here’s what we know so far:

The regime awarded the contract to, in Trump’s own words, “a guy who’s unbelievable at doing swimming pools.” The company had never worked with the federal government before but had supposedly painted swimming pools at one of Trump’s golf resorts.

The law normally requires contracts for major work like this to go through a competitive process. Trump bypassed that requirement by claiming that his administration would suffer “serious injury” if it followed the law — without so much as one word explaining how that could possibly be true.

Trump initially bragged that the project would cost $1.8 million. But the contract has ballooned to over $13 million.

Public Citizen has filed dozens of Freedom of Information Act requests since Trump returned to power. In April, we succeeded in a lawsuit after the administration ignored our Freedom of Information Act request for the contract related to the gaudy, gargantuan ballroom Trump is erecting where the East Wing of the White House stood until he illegally demolished it last fall.

Some jərkoff put me on list "anti-AI". I thought this was accurate until I clicked it. Specifically said was: "Wrong about AI/Crypto, probably wrong about other things too." Since this's a way that numbskulls use to block others, I thought I might as well double-down. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_bP80DEAbuo

#AI #AntiAI #Datacenters #infrasound #Hum #TheHum #SubBass #AcousticWeapons #Pollution #NoisePollution #Hactivism #Leftist #TGIF #Green #Socialism #xAI #Grok #Colossus #TX #waste #bots #worlddestruction 💣

From bottles to bars: easy swaps to cut plastic from your personal care routine
By Lucianne Tonti

Almost all cosmetic packaging is thrown away. But with a bit of forethought, it’s not hard to keep both your skin and your conscience squeaky clean

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/may/16/environmental-sustainable-packaging-cut-plastic-products-skincare-routine-cosmetics-makeup

#Beauty #Ethicalandgreenliving #Lifeandstyle #Makeup #Plastics #Waste #Australianews #Environment #Recycling #LucianneTonti

Study Shows Littering Declined 34% Across America Since 2020

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/study-shows-litter-declined-34-across-america-since-2020/

Study Shows Litter Declined 34% Across America Since 2020

https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/study-shows-litter-declined-34-across-america-since-2020/

#goodnews #waste #trash #pollution #nature #beauty #USA