Adi Talwar
A recent Monday morning at Sims Municipal Recycling in Sunset Park Brooklyn. Unsorted recyclable waste being moved on to the material recovery plant's conveyor belt.
“Waste has always been inflicted upon the margins,” said Oliver Franklin-Wallis, author of the new book “Wasteland: The Secret World of Waste and the Urgent Search for a Cleaner Future.” Waste, he writes, is often exported from rich countries to poor ones, a phenomenon known as “toxic colonialism.”
What could a city like New York achieve if it repurposed some of its 3 million curbside parking spots? It could help drivers kick their addictions to cars and avert climate catastrophe, writes Henry Grabar, author of the new book “Paved Paradise: How Parking Explains the World.”
Meal delivery programs are uniquely positioned to keep the most vulnerable safe during climate emergencies.
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