In an era where sustainable living is no longer a choice but a necessity, cities around the United States are racing to improve the way they handle waste. With densely populated urban centers ...

Construction waste comes in many forms. From scrap materials such as wood, brick, metal and asphalt during construction to broken glass, concrete and rocks during demolition. Some of these materials ...

Managing Director, Lagos Waste Management Authority (LAWMA) Muyiwa Gbadegesin has said that sorting organic waste is critical to achieving a clean Lagos of about 23 million population and also ...

Florence adopts a new air curtain burner to manage yard waste, reducing landfill use and improving efficiency.

The waste crisis is devastating our planet. A lot of the stuff we throw gets dumped in landfills. These massive waste disposal sites are often created by destroying forests or inhabitable lands. For ...

The holiday season brings a surge in shopping, both in-store and online. From mountains of packaging to returned products that may contain hazardous materials, management of returned, damaged or ...

The world is facing a growing waste challenge linked to unsustainable production and consumption, with humanity generating up to 2.3 billion tonnes of municipal solid waste each year. This year’s ...

Liquid-fueled molten-salt reactors, another new type, could increase waste volume too. In these designs, fuel and coolant are ...

You've probably seen it before—leftover food that could have been used, just being thrown away at a restaurant. It happens more often than you think. Every year, restaurants generate millions of tons ...

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- Last week, ABC13 Meteorologist Elyse Smith reported on how the City of Houston manages recycling. One question from that report was about the validity of plastic recycling.