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Restoring the Park of Park Ave... Plus Bikes & More!
1+ day, 19+ hour ago (189+ words) Here's what we're reading this week: DOT Improves Its ‘Park’ Avenue Plan With Separate Bike And Pedestrian Space In Widened Median "The Mamdani administration unveiled its plan for transforming the median of Park Avenue into a space for meandering pedestrians…...
Mamdani fills in NYC’s 200,000th pothole after pledging ‘blitz’
2+ day, 20+ hour ago (723+ words) New York City mayor Zohran Mamdani has marked the repair of the city’s 200,000th pothole of the year on Troutman Street in Bushwick. Department of Transportation crews and Ra-mel, a 311 worker who fields pothole complaints and helps ensure repairs are made…...
Mamdani’s NYC bathroom blitz: Free toilets, but doors open after 10 minutes
3+ day, 6+ hour ago (823+ words) The $4 million pilot brings 17 touchless, climate-controlled toilets to all five boroughs; after warnings at five and eight minutes, flashing lights signal that the door is about to open...
These 5 Foods Could Turn Your Garbage Disposal Into a Mess
4+ day, 4+ hour ago (646+ words) Replacing a garbage disposal can get expensive, even if you only need to replace a few components. Then there's the mess. I've dealt with clogged kitchen drains before, and clearing out whatever has collected inside isn't how anyone wants to…...
Mamdani deploys high-tech public toilets in NYC, with a catch | Fox News Video
3+ day, 19+ hour ago (82+ words) New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani announces the deployment of new high-tech public toilets to address the city's restroom shortage. The automated bathrooms will open their doors after 10 minutes, exposing the user to the public. Mamdani deploys high-tech public toilets…...
A Rhode Island pilot shredded 60 tons of derelict fiberglass boats and burned the pieces in a cement kiln, and the effort to scale that model targets the roughly 200,000 hulls Americans retire each year
5+ day, 5+ hour ago (804+ words) A cluster of derelict boats sat at Rhode Island marinas, hulls intact, going nowhere. Nobody wanted them. No ordinary recycler could melt them down or pull them apart into anything worth selling. So they were shredded. The shredded fiberglass traveled…...
Why trash is a treasure worth up to $50,000 for some Twin Cities businesses
5+ day, 15+ hour ago (190+ words) Boosting the bottom line for some local business owners could be as simple as looking in the trash. “We’re helping our businesses,” said Ramsey County commissioner Mary Jo McGuire. “We know our homes are all doing recycling, and now we…...
Sunken boats pose growing problem for Broads Authority
1+ week, 5+ hour ago (345+ words) The rising number of neglected vessels presents safety and environmental hazards The Broads Authority has reported an increase in the number of boats being left to sink along the Norfolk Broads. Over the past year, the authority has observed more…...
New York dumped its garbage at Fresh Kills for more than half a century, creating a 2,200-acre landfill on Staten Island??? the former dump is now being transformed into a park almost three times the size of Central Park
1+ week, 21+ hour ago (174+ words) A massive Staten Island landfill that swallowed 150 million tons of New York's trash is being reborn as an enormous green space, proving that even our waste can be reclaimed. By Science Blog Editorial Team Published September 13, 2026 · How we edit Some…...
Got a knack for turning trash into treasure? Reuse challenge returns
1+ week, 1+ day ago (545+ words) Ready to hop on your bike and move around the Shoalhaven? Let's go find your new place. From a life-sized violin made from discarded household parts to a sculptural letterbox fashioned from scrap, Shellharbour’s creative reusers proved last year that…...