In the United States, only around 5% of plastic waste is recycled, and over 86% of that waste is sent to landfills. The ...

President Donald Trump is moving to reverse a federal push away from plastic straws, declaring that paper straws "don't work.

The EPA has signed a lease with another location in Altadena to serve as a staging area for household hazardous materials. Here’s what you need to know.

These events are for household-generated and self-hauled waste only. Business, government agency, nonprofit agency or farm wastes are prohibited by law. Latex paint, electronic waste, and tires ...

However, these are expensive processes that have been commercialized for only a handful of plastics that have already been separated from other plastic waste. By the end of this year, IDTechEx ...

A Yale College Council proposal calls for improved signage ... sort their waste,” Lange wrote. Lange wrote that it is currently unknown if the policy changes that could result from the proposal means ...

Mexican startup Petgas is working to address pollution in the Gulf of Mexico by converting plastic waste into fuel ... 100 marathons by age 100 — and he only started running at 50.

BOCA DEL RIO, Mexico — A startup in Mexico is trying to help get a handle on one Gulf coast city’s plastic waste problem by converting it into gasoline, diesel and other fuels. With less than ...

Also, what happens to Mumbai's solid waste? In such a case, we are not solving the problem but only shifting it to another place where the waste will have to be taken and processed." A senior ...

Despite opposition from foothill communities, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is moving forward with its plan to use an Irwindale site to process hazardous debris from the Eaton Fire.

It is a unique member of the plastic family as it can be broken down into its constituent units (or monomers) by PETases, which are enzymes that degrade PET. Until now, scientists have discovered ...