Pollution and waste, climate change and biodiversity loss are creating a triple planetary crisis. In response, UN Environment Program executive director Inger Andersen has called for waste to be ...

A WM employee collects waste from the curb in Manhattan Beach, California. WM, through its subsidiary USA Waste, plans to acquire Waste Resources, Inc. to fill in its footprint throughout Southern ...

In urban settings, where soil fertility and water access can be limited, urine has gained quiet traction among permaculturists and eco-conscious gardeners. Once seen as taboo, human urine is quietly ...

The rapidly growing desalination industry produces water for drinking and for agriculture in the world's arid coastal regions. But it leaves behind as a waste product a lot of highly concentrated ...

Editor’s note: This is the first of a two-part series on the history of the zero waste movement and its impact; see part 2 here. There have been three movements of grassroots activism in the United ...

Numerous resources exist to help communities plan for material and waste management for all disasters. All-Hazards Waste Management Planning Tool — assists emergency managers and planners in creating ...

What began as a local government effort to keep communities clean has evolved into a community-driven waste diversion program where discarded plastic bottles and scrap clothing are transformed into ...

The Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) regulations establish basic hazardous waste management standards for persons who produce hazardous waste, called hazardous waste generators. These ...

Welcome to the recycling resources page developed by the University of Colorado - Boulder. On this site, you will have access to helpful curricular resources, management practices, job boards and ...

AUSTIN, Texas — Leaders with the city of Austin showed off the area's first fully electric waste collection vehicle at the Zero Waste Resource Fair on Saturday. People could see the special truck ...