Italy

Ten stories about the varying states of recycling, from promising and valuable to dangerous exploitation.  E-waste, plastics, cell phones, "free electronics recycling", how to recycle plastic (from the EPA), and more.

It was the first taste of the lemon and ginger risotto that started me thinking that this country house high on an Umbrian hilltop was some kind of vegetarian paradise.

Now every time I meet someone who is a vegetarian I rave at them evangelically: you must go to Montali.

Looking like something out of a science fiction movie, the spider-like catamaran, Proteus, sailed into New York Harbor today prior to embarking on its One Ocean mission through America's national marine sanctuaries.