OSHKOSH, Wis. (WFRV) — The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) is ramping up monitoring efforts after confirming ...

As the world’s appetite for computers, smartphones and other electronic devices grows ever bigger, the other side of the coin — e-waste — is raising alarms. According to a UN report released last year ...

Plastics are everywhere—in the packaging around your food, the insulation in your home, and even the parts of your phone.

SALT LAKE CITY — The U.S. is falling short of its goal to halve its food waste before 2030. Instead, at a time when many people are food insecure, per capita food waste has actually increased in the ...

"A special opportunity." City tackles food waste problem with innovative pilot program: 'An exciting step forward' first ...

Fast fashion has emerged as a profitable strategy to drive massive sales, bombarding consumers with a never ending variety of new clothes at cheap prices. Fueled by the pressure to showcase new ...

Once upon a time, before marijuana became legal (or partly legal) in most of the U.S., the only plastic involved with a pot transaction might have been a small baggie and a disposable lighter. (Or, ...

For decades, packaging and beverage companies have pulled off one of the most cunning blame-shifts in modern American life. They convinced us that the garbage problem is about our bad habits, our ...

Canada’s first marine waste recycling program has been turning abandoned fishing gear and other plastic waste from the ocean ...

Hyderabad: Every day, the city's garbage trucks collect nearly 9,000 tonnes of waste. Buried under this mountain of trash is ...

Too vast to comprehend, the volume of waste generated by Australia will soon also be beyond its capacity to deal with.