Millions of tonnes of asbestos are being removed from buildings around the world – can this dangerous mineral be disposed of permanently? Or even be put to good use? At a small industrial unit in ...

Discover the challenges of global waste management as this video explores the dramatic increase in population and its impact on garbage production and sustainability. Delving into recycling statistics ...

Improving solid waste management, especially in the rapidly growing cities of low income countries, is becoming a more and more urgent issue. That is the message from the World Banks urban development ...

Increase coopration in the industry: We now have a global problem but it cannot be solved by one person, one single organisation or any one nation. The waste management industry is currently ...

Europe has long prided itself on being an environmental leader — a champion of “the circular economy,” in which energy and resources are carefully husbanded, reused and recycled. The truth is that ...

Leading the way forward into the next Millennium as President of the International Solid Waste Association (ISWA) is Britain's John Ferguson, who can draw upon a distinguished career within the waste ...

The amount of plastic waste generated globally in 2025 so far has officially exceeded the world’s capacity to safely manage it, researchers have claimed. One-third of all plastic waste generated this ...

Urban households in developing countries are burning plastic waste in their homes to dispose of waste and as a cooking fuel to a greater extent than realized, according to a new study. Researchers ...

This article was submitted as part of the Global Voices Climate Justice fellowship, which pairs journalists from Sinophone and Global Majority countries to investigate the effects of Chinese ...