"If a battery comes into the waste, it's an immediate risk of fire because if a battery is not handled correctly it can spark and that can cause thermal runway and then create a fire risk," said Grime ...

Along the final stretch of the Seyhan River, in southern Türkiye, plastic bits in various colors dot the water and sediment. When the river bends, shredded plastic, degraded by the elements, forms ...

The Food and Drug Administration is asking the public to weigh in on the merits of commercial drug-disposal products, for ...

The state of Maine produces more than 88,000 tons of sewage waste each year. The state mandates that all bio-solid waste goes to a landfill, rather than a compost, due to PFAS concerns. A proposed ...

The largest solid waste district in Vermont has announced that a phishing scam caused it to lose $3 million to scammers.

When the wind blows past an oil and gas waste dump, residents of Rolla, B.C., say their homes are sometimes hit with foul, chemical smells, leaving them asking why ...

A Fox Chapel teen is making a dent in local landfills with his start-up, Green Bridge 412, but the soon-to-be college ...

The rollout of new food waste recycling collections in Darlington has been delayed.

Discover the true scale of the plastic pollution crisis and explore the latest breakthroughs in recycling and repurposing plastic waste. From fashion brands crafting apparel with recycled materials to ...

If you have your rubbish picked up by one of the town’s two commercial trash haulers, expect your bill to go up after June 30. The ...

Glencore’s former recycling chief is leading an effort to commercialize a breakthrough in metals processing.

The union votes in favour of an "unprecedented" £580,000 cut, due to anger over ongoing action.