Space Garbage

Proper waste disposal plays a key role in maintaining a clean and organised kitchen, without making it look messy.

In northeastern Brazil, in a forest so dry that the trees blanch bone-white, termites have been busy at work for millennia. The only external signs of their labor are dirt mounds, garbage dumps from their underground excavations. Dirt and garbage normally inspire as much awe as toenail clippings - but these are truly marvelous slag piles. The conic...

Danger lurks in Earth's orbit as thousands of rogue objects speed around the planet-and you can't exactly call a guy with a truck to come sweep it all up.

Deonar is Asia's oldest and largest garbage dump, and when it caught fire recently the smoke was visible from space, according to NASA images.

The National Green Tribunal today issued an order stating that anyone burning garbage, leaves, plastic, rubber or any other polluting material, in public spaces in Delhi and its suburbs, will be fined Rs 5000.

The International Space Station has one less capsule and a lot less trash.

Proper waste disposal plays a key role in maintaining a clean and organised kitchen, without making it look messy.

In northeastern Brazil, in a forest so dry that the trees blanch bone-white, termites have been busy at work for millennia. The only external signs of their labor are dirt mounds, garbage dumps from their underground excavations. Dirt and garbage normally inspire as much awe as toenail clippings - but these are truly marvelous slag piles. The conic...

Danger lurks in Earth's orbit as thousands of rogue objects speed around the planet-and you can't exactly call a guy with a truck to come sweep it all up.

Deonar is Asia's oldest and largest garbage dump, and when it caught fire recently the smoke was visible from space, according to NASA images.

The National Green Tribunal today issued an order stating that anyone burning garbage, leaves, plastic, rubber or any other polluting material, in public spaces in Delhi and its suburbs, will be fined Rs 5000.

The International Space Station has one less capsule and a lot less trash.