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The owner of an online shop in eastern China has begun using handy daily items as clothing tags to deter exploitative returns and boost sales. The ingenious owner, surnamed Wang, who lives in ...

Dear Answer Angel Ellen: At a recent, dressy holiday party I attended, one of the guests was carrying a see-through (plastic?) evening bag and I wondered if this is a new style. The woman with the ...

On many college campuses, red plastic cups pile up after parties and go straight into the trash. An engineering graduate is turning thousands of those cups into soft sweaters and beanies instead, ...

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Founder’s Briefs: An occasional series where Mongabay founder Rhett Ayers Butler shares analysis, perspectives and story summaries. Mountains of smoking waste sprawl across the Dandora dump in Nairobi ...

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