Hot waste piles can become environmental disasters. A Bloomberg Businessweek analysis finds that many landfill operators and ...

In a global first, Hiroshima University researchers demonstrate that food processing liquid waste can be used and reused to ...

To break down ‘forever chemicals,’ bacteria and fungi need a way to avoid or evade their own toxic by-products ...

The nationwide cyclospora outbreak is very likely a result of sewage contamination in the food supply, according to ...

Waste Management dropped $379.4 million for a large tract in Medley that it plans to use as a landfill site. The purchase comes as Miami-Dade County has been searching for its own trash facility after ...

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Tanneries generate large quantities of skin trimmings before hides are tanned. These trimmings contain collagen but are commonly treated as low-value waste. An international research team has ...

From microplastics clogging up our oceans to landfills leaching out dangerous chemicals, plastic waste is a serious and growing problem for human health and the environment. We need to recycle more, ...

Abbie Kamin, newly sworn in as county attorney, announced her office's plan to sue in federal court at a Monday evening meeting led by longtime activists against the Hawthorn Park Landfill. The county ...

In less than a month, Larimer County will open its new landfill north of Wellington, start winding down operations at its current landfill south of Fort Collins and open a new diversion and transfer ...

Neighbors have a chance on Tuesday to learn about the future of the South Wake Landfill, located on the border of Apex and Holly Springs. Wake County leaders say the landfill, which opened in 2008, is ...