Officials in southeastern Michigan were angry when a landfill and deep-injection wells near Detroit received contaminated soils and liquids from a train derailment in East Palestine. Resistance also ...

The waste and recycling industry is adopting new systems, technologies and educational programs to manage these materials ...

Four hundred million tons of toxic waste are produced each year. Just imagine that for a moment — that’s 70 Great Pyramids of Giza combined. It’s not something most of us take into account when ...

January brings sticker shock on your credit cards, and maybe that bathroom scale, from all that holiday splurging on gifts and entertainment, nice meals and parties, now that we can go out again after ...

When you throw something in the garbage, chances are you never think about it again. But this trash doesn’t just magically disappear. Local governments have to determine how to dispose of the more ...

Plastic pollution has spread to Earth’s farthest reaches, with widespread effects on wildlife, the environment and human health. To curb this problem, U.N. member countries are negotiating a global ...

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As Sri Lankans celebrate the traditional New Year on April 14 each year, a period marked by family gatherings and renewal, ...

The Amin Bazar incinerator threatens community-led zero-waste models and the livelihoods of vulnerable informal waste workers ...