Seriously, What Are You Supposed to Do With Old Clothes? - The Atlantic

“About 80 percent of that stuff that’s donated there isn’t getting sold” to the general public, Bédat said. “They will end up either selling the stuff for rags, throwing it out, or bundling it for onward sale to largely the global South, or if it’s winter clothes, Eastern Europe.” In theory, clothing that is exported will be resold to new customers in low-income countries, but what happens to any particular lot of secondhand clothing once it’s out of the country is difficult for industry watchdogs to trace. There’s good reason to believe that much of what started out as charitable donations will nonetheless end up in the garbage: Countries that accept large amounts of secondhand textile imports from the U.S., such as Ghana and Chile, now have enormous textile-waste problems of their own. In an industry so rife with excess, the good intentions of individuals can’t get anyone very far...

 https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2022/08/what-to-do-with-old-clothing-donation-waste/671043/

 

Judge permanently blocks Manhattan Project radioactive waste from Wayne Disposal landfill

The injunction bars the shipments of elevated radiation waste from sites managed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to Wayne Disposal. The hazardous waste facility is owned by Republic Services. 

The harms from the waste are long-lasting or permanent and cannot be offset with monetary damages, and monitoring and engineering controls at the landfill are insufficient, Cox said...

 https://www.michiganpublic.org/environment-climate-change/2026-05-28/judge-permanently-blocks-manhattan-project-radioactive-waste-from-wayne-disposal-landfill

 

Michigan Vows to Destroy Buyback Guns After Resale Uproar - The New York Times

"This new method will improve public safety by ensuring all parts of a firearm are destroyed, never to be used again," said Col. James F. Grady II, director of the state police…

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/13/us/michigan-gun-disposal.html

Leaked Documents Reveal the Trump Administration's Plan to Sell off Our Public Lands -- Mother Jones

President Donald Trump and Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke have repeatedly said they oppose selling off federal lands. ....
https://www.motherjones.com/environment/2018/01/leaked-documents-reveal-the-trump-administrations-plan-to-sell-off-our-public-lands/