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Informal waste pickers—people who go through trash on the curb before haulers roar in—play a huge role in keeping mountains of reusable trash from landfills.
The Supreme Court has ruled that once trash hits the curb, it’s public property—but a new type of trash container, designed to discourage rats, is having an unintended effect.
Call her a bottle professional: At a Brooklyn nonprofit redemption center, Josefa Marin stands for a portrait. Center employees say she and others know by heart each recycling and trash pick-up route—and they redeem mountains of empty containers that the city otherwise would send to landfills. At top, people separating plastic containers by color before they can be remade into pellets. Read more.
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Time’s up: An obscure World War II provision somehow became the focus of U.S. immigration policy. The expiration of Title 42 tomorrow has prompted nervousness and the dispatch of 1,500 U.S. troops along the border with Mexico. Here’s how we got there. (Pictured above, migrants crossing the Rio Grande in 2021 to return to Mexico.)
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Asian American roots in the USA: Between parks and landmarks, foods and festivals, tales of immigration and belonging are sprinkled throughout the United States—if you know where to look. Like the picture above, a bride and groom celebrate their traditional Vietnamese wedding in Virginia.
It fell from the sky: Did you know King Tut had a dagger made from space metal? And he wasn’t the only ancient ruler to own treasures wrought from iron meteorites (like one pictured above). The Egyptians even wrote about a “metal of the sky,” suggesting they may have been aware of its celestial origins. Read the whole story here.
Goddess of Love: Next couple of days, as soon as it gets dark, look toward the western sky for the brightest point of light, the planet Venus. If you point your binoculars or telescope at our neighboring world you’re in for a cosmic treat because it is joined by a bright star cluster. Known as Messier 35, this collection of stars sits near the foot of Castor in the Gemini constellation. Imagine that the light you see this cluster by left on its journey when Nabonassar was king of Babylon. At dawn on Saturday, the crescent moon meets in the southeast with the true lord of the rings, planet Saturn. Get a tour of the night sky every week with my Night Sky This Week livestream. Wishing you clear skies! —Andrew Fazekas
Today’s soundtrack:Venus, Lady Gaga Correction: Yesterday’s newsletter misidentified the photographer of an image on iron’s other-worldly origins. It was Nat Geo’s Mark Thiessen. This newsletter has been curated and edited by Jen Tse, Hannah Farrow, and David Beard. Want to say hello? We’d love to hear from you: david.beard@natgeo.com. Thanks for reading!
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