Sorting out answers at Staten Island’s giant paper pulp vat and the massive sifter in Brooklyn — including why seeing metal thrown in the trash makes one waste expert “weak in the knees.” ...

In Nigeria, informal collectors of plastic bottle waste are central to resolution of the clash between its environmental costs and economic benefits.

The newly formed WRAP EU aims to tackle food waste, promote circular living and reform food systems across Europe’s ...

Global Plastic Production Plastic production has reached astronomical levels, making its presence felt in every corner of the ...

Is your vitamin supplement habit harming the planet? Discover the shocking truth about nutrient depletion, synthetic vitamins ...

Car tires, replacement hip joints, bowling balls—these and other items are made from a class of plastics called thermosets, ...

A numerical error in a scientific paper created alarm around the chemicals in black plastic utensils, but the extent to which ...

SB 54 requires a 25% reduction in single-use plastic packaging and mandates that 65% of such packaging actually be recycled.

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Whits Services Corp. specializes in providing recycling programs for hard-to-process material streams and has amassed a ...

Montgomery County Council members and residents are urging the Department of Environmental Protection to move faster to ...

GreenLabs founder Sam White developed the idea, which led him to connect with MassBio and Veolia. Under the agreement with ...