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A wheelbarrow filled with salt next to salt ponds with mounds of harvested salt.

Food

Researchers find microplastics in Indonesian sea salt, contaminating a pantry staple

Containers of assorted salads are stacked on a shelf, featuring various ingredients and colorful toppings.

Tech

EU packaging rules take effect, putting new caps on 'forever chemicals' in food-contact items

A person fills a glass bottle from a tap at a wooden beverage dispenser.

Food

US zero-waste shoppers say refill stores are still too rare, too small, and too expensive

A woman holds a cup with a creamy substance while another woman looks at her.

Food

Deconstructed lattes were supposed to be a joke — now they're spreading, and the waste is too

White nurdles on a beach.

Tech

Illinois is first in the Great Lakes and Mississippi watersheds to classify nurdles as pollution

A robotic device with yellow foam floats and electronic components on a blue table.

Tech

New York teachers build a snail-inspired robot that traps microplastics in water

A King Canada 2000 inverter generator KCG-2000i.

Home

A long-idle generator looked like a bargain, until its fuel fittings crumbled

A bigfin squid.

Tech

Deep-sea cameras spot 2 rare bigfin squid nearly 9,000 feet down in Micronesia

A sandwich with layers of pastrami, corned beef, and a slice of cheese, served with a side of chopped vegetables.

Food

More than 3,200 pounds of pastrami, corned beef recalled in US over listeria concerns

Various cuts of raw beef steaks displayed in plastic packaging.

Food

USDA recalls nearly 30,000 pounds of Argentine beef sent to Florida and Texas without reinspection

Tech

BMW research finds more than half of a junked car could help build a new one

A piping plover chick stands on sandy ground with small rocks nearby.

Tech

Small Chicago shorebirds face new risk as federal habitat protections are rolled back