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9 Destinations Where Garbage is the Attraction

Be a trash tourist today!
Eric Grundhauser June 29, 2016
Storks chilling in their new full-time home.
animals

Rather Than Migrate, Storks Now Just Eat Trash

Instead of continent-hopping every year, whole populations have settled down in the local landfill.
Cara Giaimo March 18, 2016
animals

In Search of Ambergris, a Highly Prized Slurry of Squid Beaks and Whale Feces

Also known as the secret ingredient in Chanel No. 5.
Hadley Meares March 18, 2016
industrial

Inside the Shady, Dangerous Business of Shipbreaking

Getting rid of giant ships is a hazardous operation.
Eric Grundhauser March 18, 2016
The robot trash can in action, eliciting both trash and responses.
robots

What Does Your Reaction to a Robotic Trash Can Say About You?

Predict the future of humanity by piloting around a robotic garbage barrel.
Cara Giaimo March 18, 2016
garbage

See What Artists-in-Residence at a Trash Dump Create

Meet the artists who transform San Francisco's trash into art.
Anika Burgess March 18, 2016
parks

These Magic Bags Turn Pee to Goo And Make Poop Portable

Welcome to the frontier of human waste management.
Sarah Laskow March 18, 2016
music

Meet Auntie Litter, the Rapping, Recycling Hero From My Childhood

Her "reuse, reduce, recycle" chant stuck in my head for years.
Sarah Laskow March 18, 2016
crime

Private Eyes Tell Us About Digging Through People's Trash

It turns out this technique isn't just good in movies—it works in real life, too.
Dan Nosowitz March 18, 2016
garbage

The Evolution of the Garbage Truck

Garbage trucks have evolved from glorified dump trucks to sophisticated engines of trash transport.
Eric Grundhauser March 17, 2016
A secret collection of Furbies.
museums

Fascinating Photos from the Secret Trash Collection in a New York Sanitation Garage

Garbage can be beautiful, if sorted correctly.
Dylan Thuras March 17, 2016
Highway Superintendent Tony Shattuck lays out the soggy remains of what used to be a time capsule.
news

Excited Town Unearths Time Capsule Full Of Garbage

"This is not a good commercial for Ziploc," one onlooker said.
Cara Giaimo March 17, 2016
garbage

Places You Can No Longer Go: Barren Island

The small slip of land near Brooklyn used to be a moldering cesspool—before Robert Moses stepped in.
Lucas Adams March 17, 2016
cold war

Cold War Spies Sifted Through Used Soviet Toilet Paper In Search of Clues

Operation Tamarisk has been called one of the most successful spy operations of the era.
Urvija Banerji March 17, 2016
food

The Voluminous Shell Heaps Hidden in Plain Sight All Over NYC

Oyster middens were everywhere for thousands of years, until suddenly they weren't.
Natalie Zarrelli March 17, 2016
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garbage

The Strange Loveliness of Europe's Recycling Plants

Beautiful photographs of waste being reused, repurposed and recycled.
Anika Burgess March 16, 2016
Something a garbage son might do.
linguistics

The Linguistic Appeal Of 'Garbage Person,' The Internet's Favorite Insult

We trace the phrase's provenance from Charles Manson to Clickhole.
Cara Giaimo March 16, 2016
egyptian revival

Oxyrhynchus, Ancient Egypt's Most Literate Trash Heap

An ancient Egyptian landfill of plays, gospels, and mash notes gives new meaning to trashy writing.
Romie Stott March 16, 2016