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  • Adam Minter

    Adam Minter has been writing about waste and recycling since 2000. He is a columnist at Bloomberg Opinion, and the author of 'Secondhand: Travels in the New Global Garage Sale' and 'Junkyard Planet: Travels in the Billion Dollar Trash Trade."

    Which "Best By" Labels Do I Need to Pay Attention To?

    You don't need to be so quick to throw things away. Luckily there's no expiration date on common sense.
    By Adam Minter October 18, 2023
    In this story: food and drink
    Colorful illustration shows a dump truck with a red food basket as its bed. Inside are helmets, cans of food, shoes, and a car seat falling out.

    Who Recycles Your Recycling?

    Secrets of the blue bin, revealed
    By Adam Minter December 22, 2021
    In this story: recycling
    Illustration shows a man putting a plastic container in a blue bin. Attached is a conveyer belt with seven people pulling off various items and putting them in bins.

    Yes, You Can Recycle Your Pizza Boxes

    The world’s oldest recycling shibboleth bites the crust
    By Adam Minter July 28, 2020
    In this story: recycling
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    Clearing Skies

    A journalist who fled China's air pollution looks back and sees rays of hope.
    By Adam Minter February 9, 2015
    In this story: dirty energy, coal, coal ash, air
    A journalist who fled China's air pollution looks  back and sees rays of hope

    First Steps

    In China, on-campus environmentalism is a young but ever-growing movement. And it starts with the students.
    By Adam Minter September 28, 2010
    In China, on-campus environmentalism is a young but ever-growing movement. And it starts with the students.
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