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An empty Amazon box sits outside a north Jackson, Miss., residence, awaiting pickup for recycling

A new law in Maine requires large companies to pay for recycling packaging waste

Environment

Scott Cassel, CEO and founder of the Product Stewardship Institute in Boston, discusses the law with The World’s host Marco Werman.

Plastic beach pollution

‘Beyond the crisis point on plastic waste’: New bill is wake-up call, says senator

Environment
A green cardboard box sits on a door stoop.

Want to help the planet? Ditch your grocery cart for a meal kit.

Environment
The CarbonLITE facility, which opened at the end of 2011, processes about 2 billion bottles a year. It's a closed loop recycling facility: plastic bottles are turned back into bottles to maximize recovery of the raw material.

China’s ‘Green Fence’ is cleaning up America’s dirty recycling

Environment

Social entrepreneur brings light to the electric-less — with a soda bottle and some water

Business, Economics and Jobs

For the Developing World, Innovation on the Cheap: Light in a Bottle

Environment

The cheapest of new technologies is bringing light into hundreds of thousands of homes in the developing world, with virtually zero environmental impact. Host Marco Werman reports on the “Moser lamp,”.

London museum immortalizes invention of paper clips, condoms

Environment

London’s Science Museum is trying to help us understand the way humble objects we take for granted have a profound impact on our lives.

Tracking your food

Business, Economics and Jobs

One solution for ensuring food safety: A website that allows you to track food items from the farm to the grocery store.

Mystery Donor Leaves Envelopes of Money in German Town

A small town in Germany has found that a mysterious person is leaving envelops filled with money around in an overwhelming display of generosity. Envelopes stuffed with 10,000 Euros, or about $13,000, have been found recently in the town of Braunschweig. Steve Evans of our partner the BBC reports from the scene of a generosity […]

Humble Inventions are Hidden Heroes

Arts, Culture & Media

The World’s Laura Lynch celebrated some humble inventions, including paper clips and rubber bands, that have changed the world.