Everyday items like clothing, plastics and packaging can last centuries. Here’s how long they tend to breakdown and why design and consumer choices must change.

Tunisia has thus requested authorisation to import various categories of non-hazardous waste, including metals, recyclable plastics, rubber, industrial fibres, paper, textiles, as well as certain ...

The lucrative, illegal trade and trafficking of waste products including many that are toxic could be set to surge across continents, thanks to patchy regulation, savvy criminal groups and corruption, ...

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Appalachia Emerges as Ground Zero for U.S. Rare Earth and Critical Mineral Security America’s rare earth security ...

The BLS report shows that refuse and recyclable materials collectors had a lower fatality rate compared to previous years. The 2024 fatality rate was 37.4 per 100,000 full-time equivalent workers (FTE ...

The county's Department of Public Works processed 66 million pounds of recyclables, including new Styrofoam recycling ...

A Shuswap composting facility could be facing administrative penalties after the Ministry of the Environment paid a visit late last year — an inspection which the facility's owner allegedly tried to ...

ReFED, a nonprofit that works to reduce food waste, estimated that a scant 72,000 tons of food was donated to Wisconsin food pantries in 2023. The organization identified logistical hurdles ...

Alliance to End Plastic Waste report identifies segregated waste collection and advanced secondary sorting as imperatives to improving flexible film recycling and quality of recyclatesEPR and ...

New World Bank report calls for more investment in better waste management and circular economy WASHINGTON, January 27, 2026 — The Middle East and North Africa region generates more waste per person ...