Positive pathway

09/14/2026

In Norway, shoppers pay a small deposit of around 2 to 3 kroner when purchasing bottled drinks. After finishing the drink, they can return the empty bottle to a recycling machine and receive their deposit back.

This simple reward system encourages people to return their bottles instead of throwing them away. It has helped Norway achieve a plastic bottle recycling rate of around 97%, one of the highest in the world.

09/14/2026

The Mariana Trench’s Challenger Deep reaches nearly 11,000 meters below sea level, making it the deepest known point on Earth. Its enormous depth is difficult to imagine when compared with the height of the world’s tallest mountains.

Mount Everest rises 8,848 meters above sea level, yet it would be completely submerged if placed inside Challenger Deep. Even its summit would remain more than 2,000 meters beneath the water’s surface.

09/12/2026

A man reportedly hid $100,000 inside his television and eventually forgot about it. Thirty years later, the TV was given away to a friend, who took it to a recycling facility in Barrie, where a worker opened the set and discovered the cash inside.

The worker turned the money over to police, who traced the bank records to its owner, a 68-year-old man. He had believed the money was still somewhere in his house, only to discover it had been sitting inside an old television for decades.

09/10/2026

In 1986, California farmer Mike Yurosek struggled to sell bent and imperfect carrots. Instead of throwing them away, he cut and peeled them into smaller, convenient “baby-cut” carrots that were easier for shoppers to buy and eat.

The idea helped transform carrot consumption in America. Before baby-cut carrots became popular, Americans ate about 6–7 pounds of fresh carrots per person each year. By the 1990s, that average had risen to around 11 pounds, reaching more than 14 pounds in 1997.

03/27/2026