The World Economic Forum, which takes place in Switzerland, aims to meet at least some of the goals its leaders set for the rest of the world. By Shivani Vora Silicone kitchen gear isn’t as ...

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 ...

Every year, some 100 billion garments are produced worldwide, and 92 million tons of clothing waste end up in landfills. Given this enormous amount of waste, it is logical to think that the only way ...

There’s a good reason that humans damage the environment: they make trash. Everywhere people go, they leave waste behind. In areas with a lot of tourism and a lot of people, human waste is a huge ...

Producing sustainable materials and products demands constant analysis of how we conserve resources and manage waste effectively. This unfolds within a scenario where the environmental impacts of ...

Reuse the News—a simple, community‑driven newspaper recovery program—helped accelerate paper recycling across the Washington, ...

India’s textile recycling industry is driving global circular fashion, turning waste into sustainable fabrics and ...

Living in the world’s most powerful consumer economy is a wonderful thing in many ways. But an underrecognized downside of American life is the reality that far too many products are discarded well ...

Australia's solar waste investigation raises an interesting question of consistency. Where is the inquiry into mandatory 100% recycling of fossil fuel waste streams?

Anchorage residents can pick up previously-used hazardous waste materials at Solid Waste Services for free. The Household Hazardous Waste “Reuse” station is one of many initiatives at the facility ...

Carmakers have known for decades that battery recycling was poisoning people abroad. Nigeria’s crackdown is an effort to catalog the damage. By Peter S. Goodman, Will Fitzgibbon and Victor Adewale ...