In a new report released this week, the United Nations said the amount of electronics waste worldwide is growing even as efforts to recycle it may be falling even further behind targets. The Global ...

New York City has a trash problem. It’s everywhere, and it’s unavoidable. Our sidewalks are piled high with garbage bags and overflowing bins, and the stench lingers over the city. How can the ...

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With microplastics now ubiquitous in everything from sugar and fish to tap water and air, people unwittingly ingest an average of 285 bits of plastic each day. Over the course of a week, that’s the ...

Whether it's for work, school or keeping up with friends and family, we all rely on electronic devices for our daily lives. It's likely you are reading this article from a device that uses a battery ...

The greatest innovations occur in the toughest of times, and I think that most of us agree that these are very challenging times. In Tennessee, one of our challenges is that we have a trash problem.

There are typically two ways we get rid of our garbage: burning it or burying it. Now, Miami-Dade County is seeking creative new ways to handle waste and the growing, staggeringly expensive problems ...