The accumulation and poor management of plastic fibers and particles remains a pressing global issue, with serious consequences for both human health and environmental sustainability. This conclusion ...

"Dirty" or "extremely dirty": these are the classifications of 46% of the world's aquatic environments. This conclusion comes from a study that compiled and systematized data from 6,049 records of ...

Every business, organisation and household generates waste. As populations grow and industries expand, the amount of waste produced continues to increase, making effective waste management more ...

In Busan, South Korea, talks on a global treaty on plastic pollution, which were held from November 25 to December 1, ended in failure. Negotiations are due to resume at a later date. At the ...

It's easy to think of recycling as the solution to plastic pollution, but the vast majority of plastic waste now ends up in landfills, or worse.

Nanotechnology offers advanced solutions to pressing environmental challenges like pollutant removal, climate change mitigation, and green energy ...

The draft rule proposes setting a 5 percent by volume physical contamination limit on incoming loads of organic waste.

In this chapter, the committee briefly describes plans for the overall monitoring of waste streams expected to be generated at the Blue Grass Chemical Agent Destruction Pilot Plant (BGCAPP) and the ...

Colleen O’Neil, of the Mountain Watershed Association, fixes a crooked sign posted near a landfill's discharge pipe that flows into Sewickley Creek in Yukon, Pa. Credit: Scott Goldsmith/Inside Climate ...