Prioritizing clear labels, circular materials and policies that support recycling infrastructure helps to build stronger ...
The Conversation reports on single-stream recycling, emphasizing its convenience but noting significant contamination issues ...
Small changes in laboratory behavior can make a big impact in reducing lab waste without sacrificing scientific progress.
Not only does this promote a circular economy, but it can go a long way in keeping carbon emissions down. Company devises ...
Anyone who has stood, trash in hand, before a bin with segmented receptacles knows just how hard it can be in the moment of ...
Plastic is cheap to make and shockingly profitable. It’s everywhere. And we’re all paying the price. On a Saturday last summer, I kayaked up a Connecticut river from the coast, buoyed by the rising ...
In the 2008 Disney film Wall-E, a tiny robot finds himself alone on planet Earth, working to clean up a world decimated by trash and abandoned by humans who left it that way. Heartwarming as the film ...
It may sound like the stuff of sci-fi movies, but diverting food waste from the landfill and converting it into electricity has become a real thing. William Brangham visited Ben & Jerry’s Vermont ice ...
Growing global demand for sustainable agriculture is driving scientists to find smarter ways to handle livestock waste. A new ...
Some items you can recycle in one city may be prohibited in another. Batteries, plastic bags, small appliances, and more may ...