“Shells from crabs, shrimp, and other shellfish can damage the disposal,” says Palla. Wilson notes that flushable cat litter ...

Plastic bottles, smartphones, chicken bones – and the wider debris of everyday life – are tipped to outlast human civilisation and become the defining fossils of our age.

The HIDRA project considered how to counter potential future human actions that could disturb areas occupied by radioactive waste disposal facilities. Such human intrusions could affect the integrity ...

Many of us take our garbage disposal for granted, but when it stops working, it can shut down most kitchen tasks. We depend on this contraption to help break down a variety of soft food items when ...

However, with projections of a tenfold increase in launches over the next two decades, emissions could skyrocket, making space-based garbage disposal ... potential site for human colonization ...