"The risks are not only physical. Workers describe the psychological toll of encountering human organs on conveyor belts or while clearing clogged machinery by hand," several county commissioners ...

Music festivals are messy. In between the loud bass and muddy boots, there’s also an unglamorous mountain of waste left ...

Human and animal waste can replace many fertilizers if managed better and used closer to farms, improving farming systems.

Bacillus sp. are prominent sources of extracellular enzymes, especially proteases, which have been proposed for the eco-friendly recovery of silver from used X-ray films, as the conventional methods ...

The world is wasting food on a staggering scale. This UN day is facilitated by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and UN Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat) with the support from ...

CANYON COUNTY, Idaho — Canyon County residents will have the opportunity to dispose of up to one ton of waste at the Pickles Butte Landfill, free of charge. According to a press release, the Canyon ...

LANSING, MI — Opponents of a controversial metro Detroit area hazardous waste landfill have filed an administrative appeal that seeks to overturn the state’s expansion approval. The March 24 filing ...

Nairobi, 27 March 2026 — Ahead of the International Day of Zero Waste on 30 March, 20 cities worldwide have been named the inaugural 20 Cities Towards Zero Waste, an initiative led by the UN Secretary ...

Epoch Biodesign has developed a process that uses enzymes to break down plastic waste into reusable raw materials, positioning discarded textiles as an alternative to petroleum in plastic production.