A new discovery offers a promising way to break down stubborn plastics like Plexiglass into their original building blocks, ...

Monsanto used and even owned Harrison's Bond Road Landfill. Many other sites accepted waste from Addyston's plastics chemical ...

Last Tuesday afternoon, a woman waiting at the bus stop downed her last sip of coffee as the 33 pulled up. She moved to toss her empty cup in the green metal city trash can by the stop, but it was ...

One frustrated employee shared a photo of carts full of healthy-looking plants headed for the dumpster at their Home Depot.

Camp Century was a feat of US engineering and housed an atomic reactor. It was supposed to be the world's first ...

After the landfill accepts its final load of solid waste in early 2029, the authority will likely keep its full staff for several ... a thin layer of impermeable plastic, or both.

New research on microplastics in brains reminds us that while scientists compile safety data, our leaders should still act ...

Half a billion straws are used in the United States every day, according to a popular — but perhaps not the most scientific — estimate. The biggest buyer: the federal government, which buys more ...

It’s fun to conceptualise like this, and set the human story within the grand perspective of Earth’s history. But there’s a ...

Around half a dozen Beautiful Deer staff patrol the park in bright green jackets, unfazed by the excited squeals of holidaymakers surrounded by their hooved friends.

You may have seen images of seabirds that have built their nests on discarded nets, lengths of rope and other plastic litter, ...

For example, a dedicated plant at Honolulu airport could handle airport waste, while the U.S. Navy might establish a plant at ...