Day: October 20, 2023

Many of the best places are neither home nor work, but “third places” in the public realm: streets and sidewalks, parks and cafes, theaters and sports facilities. Such public places are important venues for a wide variety of activities, of which some – such as social interaction and physical activity – have clear health implications, says a 2003 American Journal of Public Health study....

Mushrooming of Illegal Plastic Recyclers and Continued Pollution in Malaysia after China Bans Plastic Waste Imports For decades China was actually taking in nearly half of the world’s plastic waste. Suddenly in 2018 the Chinese brought an abrupt end to this practice. Much of that waste that was coming from the European Union (EU) – roughly 55 million tons of plastics, cardboard, paper and so...