Municipal solid waste (MSW) management systems in the United States have undergone much evolution over time. The overall system has seen many changes, including changes in policy, the types of ...

Timothy Egan is a state representative serving on the Committee on Resources, Recreation & Development. There’s a general sense in New Hampshire that our state is lagging well behind other New England ...

As Houston’s Solid Waste Management Department faces ongoing challenges in providing basic services, such as consistent garbage collection and recycling pickup, City Council has promised to give the ...

Each day, the world produces some 5.5 million tons of waste. Over the course of a year, that adds up to more than 2 billion tons of solid municipal waste, much of it taking up space in landfills and ...

The accumulation of solid waste in the world’s high mountain camping sites, base camps, and high camps has been a chronic problem facing alpine ecosystems since mountaineering first became popular in ...

The Costa Rican government on Wednesday called mis-handling of solid waste “one of the biggest environmental problems” facing the country today. In that context, the Presidency introduced an action ...

The fire at the Covanta energy plant in Doral that spewed smoke, called for multiple firefighter crews and forced residents to stay indoors has reopened the conversation about South Florida's ...

It is therefore welcome that new solid waste segregation rules are being framed for implementation in the near future. At the ...