Waste

$600,00 Pocket Park Completed, Then Bulldozed to Build School

Jessica Garrison reports on how the City of Los Angeles spent $600k designing and building a park that no one ever got to use when it was claimed as a site for a public school.

12 December 2011 - 12:00pm

The Los Angeles Times

Greening Pilgrimages in Holy Cities

Pilgrimages to holy sites around the world have caused large amounts of waste and pollution because of the large amount of people gathering together for one event and consumeristic habits, writes George Webster for CNN

10 November 2011 - 7:00am

CNN

Dubai's Dirty Problem

In Dubai, the Burj Khalifa is the tallest building in the world. But it shares one problem will all skyscrapers in Dubai - there is no central sewage infrastructure to accommodate the waste they produce.

8 November 2011 - 12:00pm

Boing Boing

Wasted Oil, By Design

This episode of public radio program 99% Invisible looks at oil, and how the way people move from work to home has been seemingly designed to waste fuel.

1 December 2010 - 8:00am

99% Invisible

Meeting Slum Sanitation Needs Sustainably

With a collective population of more than 10 million, Kenya's slums face major sanitation issues. A new project offers a sustainable solution.

30 November 2010 - 6:00am

Gizmag

Honolulu Law Would Reduce Construction Waste

Legislation working its way through the Honolulu City Council could require construction companies doing work in the Hawaiian city to recycle or reuse as much as 60% of construction materials.

31 August 2010 - 8:00am

Pacific Business News

Reducing Congestion and Saving Money

Traffic is expensive. This infographic from GOOD looks at how much congestion costs cities and what they are trying to do to cut down the traffic.

29 January 2010 - 7:00am

Good

Aging Sewers and Growing Cities Mean Troubled Waters

As cities grow, aging sewer systems are having trouble keeping up with increasing amounts of waste. Often, the result is sewer system overflows that end up directly in waterways.

24 November 2009 - 6:00am

The New York Times

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City Gives Incentives To Recycle

In Corpus Christi, Texas, officials have entered a public-private partnership to give people more reasons to recycle.

13 August 2009 - 10:00am

Corpus Christi Caller-Times

California Bill Seeks Sharp Cuts in Per-Capita Water Use

The state of California is looking to reduce its per-capita water usage 20% by 2020, a plan that's moving forward in the state legislature. The plan could mean drastic changes for many cities in the arid parts of the state.

31 July 2009 - 10:00am

Miller-McCune

The Planetizen News Brief - 6/18/09

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San Francisco gets tough on trash, bulldozers are seen as solutions for some cities, math helps solve traffic jams, and the affects of prison design -- all on this week's Planetizen News Brief, airing weekly on the nationally-syndicated radio show "Smart City".Read, listen or download.

18 June 2009 - 5:00am

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Cities Focus on Existing Buildings To Save Energy

Old buildings could be to blame for much of a city's energy waste. That's the case in New York, where officials are putting together a plan to retrofit older buildings to be less wasteful.

14 May 2009 - 5:00am

Grist

A City of Leftovers

Tijuana is literally built with the development waste of nearby San Diego, California. This video by Laura Hanna shows how.

31 January 2009 - 11:00am

The Nation

"Eco-Unfriendly" Manitoba?

New statistics show that the province of Manitoba throws out more, recycles less and conserves less water than any other province in Canada.

28 January 2009 - 1:00pm

The Globe and Mail

Living in a Zero-Waste City

In Kamikatsu, Japan, waste is not a problem -- mainly because new policies practically forbid it. But citizens have adapted to their new zero-waste lifestyle.

15 July 2008 - 7:00am

BBC