The Wood Recyclers’ Association (WRA) has called on waste wood producers – including waste firms and councils – to take greater steps to segregate material at source. The association is encouraging ...

Scientists have developed a method to turn plastic waste into clean hydrogen using solar power and acid from old car batteries. The one-pot process transforms hard-to-recycle plastics into valuable ...

Scientists are using sunlight to turn plastic waste into clean fuels like hydrogen, offering a breakthrough solution to both pollution and energy challenges. While still in development, the approach ...

The core of this breakthrough is in a process called ‘photoreforming.’ In this process, scientists add materials that capture light, known as photocatalysts, to plastic waste. When sunlight hits these ...

Researchers have developed new methods to solve a major source of future waste from the automotive, aerospace and renewable industries. It's estimated that by 2030 carbon and glass fibre composites ...

Marin County could reduce its greenhouse gas emissions by more than 31,000 metric tons a year with a better strategy for recycling organic waste, according to a new study. The report by the Marin ...

Neal J. Riley is a digital producer for CBS Boston. He has been with WBZ-TV since 2014. His work has appeared in The Boston Globe and The San Francisco Chronicle. Neal is a graduate of Boston ...

Over the last several years, Apple has dramatically improved how it handles lithium-ion battery charging in iPhones, iPads, Macs, and Apple Watches. Across multiple system releases, the company moved ...

Unexpected confinement: Women transferred to a Boise minimum-security prison were instead placed in segregation due to a lack of dorm beds, despite having no disciplinary violations. Civil rights ...

As Bengaluru rushes to roll out four-way waste segregation under SWM 2026, gaps in systems, costs, and ground realities raise tough questions.