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A Juice Company Dumped Orange Peels In A National Park. Scientists Were Stunned By What Grew There
For years, the idea sounded like an environmental disaster waiting to happen. In the late 1990s, a Costa Rican juice company received permission to dump thousands of tons of orange peels and pulp inside a protected national park, creating enormous piles of rotting fruit that quickly sparked backlash across the country. Critics called it reckless,…
Fat Jabs Are Killing Appetites, and Farmers Are Drowning in Unsold Potatoes
Something strange is happening to the way people eat. Across grocery aisles, restaurant booths, and fish and chip shops, appetites are shrinking. Plates that once came back empty now return half-full. Customers who used to order their own portions now split a single bag with a friend. And somewhere in the English countryside, a mountain…
France Bans Supermarkets From Wasting Food, Turns Trash Into Meals for Millions
In a world where abundance and hunger coexist in uneasy tension, France has drawn a moral and legislative line. Since 2016, it has been illegal for supermarkets in the country to throw away edible food. The policy, born from public outrage and grassroots activism, transformed the simple act of shopping into an exercise in social…
A Filipino Student Developed a Solar Panel Made From Food Waste That Generates Electricity Using UV Light, Even Without Direct Sunlight
In a world racing to decarbonize, solar energy has long stood at the forefront of clean power solutions. But even this technology has its limits—particularly in places where direct sunlight is scarce or unreliable. Enter Carvey Ehren Maigue, a young engineering student from the Philippines, whose award-winning invention could shift how we think about renewable…