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Before and after photos of Japan earthquake/tsunami cleanup

Photo: NICOLAS ASFOURI/TORU YAMANAKA/AFP/Getty Images (March 22, 2011 above; January 15, 2012 below) Obviously still not a pretty sight, but it’s quite amazing what Japan has done in its clean-up and rebuilding efforts in the last 11 months since the … Continue reading

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Team Elastec’s 4600-gallon-per-minute oil skimmer

Gizmodo reports that Team Elastec recently won the Wendy Schmidt Oil Cleanup X CHALLENGE by building an oil skimming rig that can pump 4600 gallons of oil a minute out of water to aid oil cleanup efforts. The team used … Continue reading

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The process of cleaning the Gowanus Canal

Cleaning the Canal from Characters of Gowanus on Vimeo. Earlier this month, the Gowanus Canal was designated a federal Superfund site which meant that it was placed on a list of high-priority polluted areas to be cleaned up with the … Continue reading

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