This family in Ohio’s Lorain County helped out their grandma clean her house and accidentally threw away $25,000 worth of cash in the trashcan. Luckily for the family, their local waste collection agency sifted through a lot of garbage and found the cash. Gary Capan, the operations supervisor at the […]
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India Announces a Ban on a Long List of Single-Use Plastic Items for July 2022
India generates approximately 25,940 tons of plastic waste on a daily basis and around 9.46 million tons of plastic waste yearly according to the Central Pollution Control Board estimates. If you’re an Indian and you’re living with your family, you probably have a big plastic bag that’s full of smaller […]
This New Solar-Power Beach-Cleaning Robot Cleans Up the Tiniest Plastic Debris 30X Faster than Humans
Picking up all the plastic waste from beaches by hand can be a tiresome and time-consuming process. The BeBot, a solar-powered robot, is there to speed up the process. At beach cleanups, workers or volunteers usually pick up trash like plastic water bottles or packaging for food. However, the sand […]
Nintendo Is Partnering with a Non-Profit to Bring Gaming Consoles to Hospitalized Children
Having to stay in the hospital is no fun, particularly when you’re a child. So, it seems that there’s no better way to pass the time than by playing some video games. At least this is the idea behind the new Nintendo Switch gaming stations which are being installed throughout […]
A Stunning Supermarket-Turned-Library Features Aisles & Freezers Stocked with Books
If you ever visit the Merchants’ Square supermarket in Carmel, Indiana, you may be surprised to find shelves without groceries, but rather books. This former food supermarket was recently taken over by the Carmel Clay Public Library that transformed the space into a temporary home for their literary collection. Empty […]
Genius: Glenfiddich Uses Waste from Whisky to Fuel their Trucks
The Scotch whisky maker Glenfiddich started converting its trucks for delivery to run on low-emission biogas that’s produced from waste products from their own whisky distillery. The representatives of the brand say this move is part of their closed-loop sustainability initiative. For the purposes of this change, the company began […]
Polish Track & Field Olympian Auctioned Her Silver Medal to Raise Money for a Boy’s Heart Surgery
Maria Andrejczyk said her medal in javelin is a sign of faith, struggle, and the pursuit of dreams, despite the many odds along the way. However, only days after the athlete won a silver medal at the Tokyo Summer Games, the 25-year-old announced on her Facebook that her goal is […]
Boy Raises $700,000 for Hospice by Camping Out for 500 Nights after a Dying Man Gave Him a Tent
This boy from Britain began sleeping in a tent last year, inspired by a tragedy that happened to his neighbor. The goal was to raise money in memory of his neighbor Rick who died from cancer and donate them to the hospice that cared for Rick. Days after Britain went […]
Atlanta Sisters Raise Thousands to Gift Refugee Children with School Supplies
These two girls from Atlanta made it their mission to help the local refugee families who can’t buy backpacks and other school supplies as the new school year approaches. It all began with their passion for baking which was then transformed into a campaign to raise money to give back […]
50-Year-Old Man from Texas Makes Canes for Veterans from Old Christmas Trees
This man from Texas is making canes for veterans and he’s doing it with old Christmas trees. The US Army veteran Jamie Willis began the Canes for Veterans Central Texas in 2016 when he became aware that he wasn’t the sole veteran in need of a cane that’s tough, safe, […]
