Researchers have identified more than 600,000 microbial proteins capable of breaking down natural and synthetic plastics, ...

Nutrients recovered from animal and human waste could drastically reduce synthetic fertilizer use in the U.S., according to a ...

Our industrialized, modern lifestyles may be increasing how much estrogen (the female sex hormone) gets recycled in our ...

The University of Chicago Press awarded the 2026 Gordon J. Laing Award to Assoc. Prof. Sarah Newman for her book Unmaking ...

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 ...

The review process to replace the Countryside landfill in Grayslake with a waste transfer station is set to begin. Waste Management of Illinois, which has operated Countryside for more than 30 years, ...

The Westmoreland Sanitary Landfill in Rostraver Township, Pa. accepts fracking waste. A study by the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection found the liquid runoff from Pennsylvania ...

BENZONIA — A community organization in Benzonia is working to reduce environmental waste by transforming old fabrics into new designs. FiberShed successfully diverted more than 3,000 pounds of ...

PANAMA CITY, Fla. (WJHG/WECP) - The Steelfield Road Landfill receives more than one million pounds of waste per day, according to Bay County’s Solid Waste Division. In fiscal year 2025, the county ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Photo Credit: iStock A Wyoming landfill claims to be the first in the nation to divert hazardous e-waste using a process designed ...

Every day, food scraps disappear into trash bags, are hauled away and forgotten. But that waste could be turned into something productive. Across the United States, about 97 million metric tons of ...

For many residents of Rutherford County, the conversation about waste management started with a smell. What those residents discovered is that the challenges facing Rutherford County are not just ...