As the city of Chesapeake contemplates ending its curbside recycling program, we have an opportunity to look at our “disposable society.” We all have a love affair with convenience and quick ...

BOSTON (MassDEP) – The Baker-Polito Administration announced $3.1 million in grant funding to 268 municipalities and regional solid waste districts across the Commonwealth. The grants, made available ...

Fourth graders from the Lincoln Elementary School recently learned that making change in the world can be simple as they ...

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The plastics industry has worked for decades to convince people and policymakers that recycling would keep waste out of landfills and the environment. Consumers sort their trash so plastic packaging ...

Big F&B companies are taking steps to advance waste solutions, even as current product packaging continues to accumulate. No one can question that we have a global problem with food and beverage waste ...

Dating back to World War II, recycling represented the strength, innovation and stability of American democracy. It was a time when households, still recovering from the great depression, relied on ...

Cincinnati Recycling and Reuse Hub is celebrating five years, and they have diverted tons of trash from our landfills.

New rules requiring local restaurants, schools, caterers and grocery stores to recycle food waste are keeping tons of old food out of landfills and instead turning it into compost used by gardeners ...

Australia’s rooftop solar industry has renewed calls for a mandatory recycling scheme to deal with the growing problem of solar panel waste. Only about 10% of panels are currently recycled. The rest ...

A growing number of energy companies are looking to nuclear recycling as a way to address waste management concerns while strengthening domestic fuel supply. Ed McGinnis, the former assistant ...