It is a real problem: Microplastic particles are everywhere. Now a team has developed a method that allows it for the first time to precisely localise microplastic particles in the soil. The 3D ...

The problem isn't unique to Texas. Research has documented microplastic pollution in rivers, oceans, bottled water, and even ...

Despite being one of our most useful day-to-day tools, glass is a material that's rarely recycled due to complicated ...

Scientists found a catalyst that turns waste plastic waste into cleaner fuel much faster than before, making the process more ...

Why pay to throw away leaves, grass clippings, kitchen scraps and other household organic waste when you could turn it into superb soil? That’s the idea of composting – improving your lousy soil while ...

With waste continuing to pile up in many areas, an increasing number of people are resorting to open burning as a way of disposing it of. While this is seen as a minor and easy solution to garbage ...

A new type of public toilet is helping people in Haiti make fertilizer from human waste, a project that may someday revive the country's degraded farmland, curb disease, and create jobs. Since 2006 ...

Almost 60 years after nuclear tests in the Australian outback, radioactive particles still pose a risk to wildlife and residents, according to new report. In the mid-1950s, Great Britain tested ...

A sample of Beelitz sandy soil containing fragments of thin polyethylene film (PET) was analysed here. Such films are used in asparagus cultivation. The neutron tomography (in shades of grey) shows ...