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Typhoon Dolphin Drives Most of China's August Disaster Losses

Chris Dalton · 2026-09-18T11:20:35.238Z

Typhoon Dolphin wiping out 78 percent of the losses shows how vulnerable coastal farming areas still are to these storms.

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Cartersville Scrapyard Grades Metals to Set Customer Payments

Taylor’s Scrapyard and Metal Recycling in Cartersville, GA offers a full suite of scrap-metal disposal services for North Georgia—accepting ferrous and non-ferrous metals via drop-offs, roll-off containers, demolition work, and vehicle recycling, with materials weighed, graded, and prepared for shipment to mills. Customers are paid by weight at a competitive rate, and the yard does not sell auto parts or operate tow trucks.

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World’s Busiest Station Tests Robotic Bins

Shinjuku Station in Tokyo is testing three mobile robotic trash bins to assist the overwhelmed sanitation staff amid reduced traditional bins, with trials running until late November and daily passenger flow exceeding 2.7 million. The slow-moving, about-1-meter-tall robots navigate crowds to collect waste, return to a collection point when full, and are evaluated for safety, navigation, and passenger engagement, drawing both concerns about efficiency and enthusiasm from tourists.

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SMX Says Oil Volatility Elevates Recycled Plastic

The articles converge on the idea that energy volatility and rising transport costs are turning plastic recycling from a sustainability gesture into a core economic strategy, as the “Age of Parity” sees recycled plastic increasingly compete with virgin material. They underscore how global tensions, fuel spikes, and affordability pressures are reshaping the materials economy, pushing governments and companies to treat recycling as an economic necessity rather than a fringe objective, with real-world examples from Syria, Bangladesh, and broader markets illustrate the shift.

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Typhoon Dolphin Drives Most of China's August Disaster Losses

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