With tailored, evidence-based policies, the U.S. can relieve the burden on local and municipal governments, communities, and ...

Plastic waste is shifting from environmental burden to a strategic resource as advanced materials turn industrial waste into ...

Many measures have been initiated to reduce plastic pollution in Norway. Only a few of them will lead to extensive change and cleanup, a new study shows. Chemists at the University of Copenhagen have ...

A new study explores waste management systems and reveals that achieving zero waste leakage by 2030 is unlikely, potentially jeopardizing related Sustainable Development Goals. The authors emphasize ...

Several locations around the world are inundated with polluted water and the situation in these hot spots may only get worse in the coming years. This water pollution mainly comes from the leakage of ...

Mangroves protect coasts and wildlife, but plastic waste now builds up inside roots, harming ecosystems and communities.

A new study from the University shines a light on the enormous scale of uncollected rubbish and open burning of plastic waste in the first ever global plastics pollution inventory. University of Leeds ...

Machine learning has been used to turn a survey of local waste-management practices into a global inventory of plastic emissions. The data show that tackling plastic pollution will require reduced ...

It takes 200 years for polyester clothing to break down meaning that every piece of polyester clothing ever made still exists today. Even for the most conscious consumers, it can be a challenge to ...

Coal mines are notorious sources of acid mine drainage, but the orange sludge that threatens water supplies and wildlife also ...

To bring this fact a bit closer to home, the U.S. produced an average of 0.75 pounds of plastic waste per person each day in 2010, which is equivalent in weight to an unopened can of soda. To address ...

The Indian government has introduced new Solid Waste Management Rules mandating four-stream segregation of waste at source, effective April 1. These rules outline responsibilities for bulk waste ...