In a new report released this week, the United Nations said the amount of electronics waste worldwide is growing even as efforts to recycle it may be falling even further behind targets. The Global ...

NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK / ACCESS Newswire / December 2, 2025 / The world doesn't have a waste problem because it creates too much waste. It has a waste problem because it can't see what it creates.

A recent study has found that India will generate over 11 million tonnes of solar waste by 2047 if it does not scale up ...

Four hundred million tons of toxic waste are produced each year. Just imagine that for a moment — that’s 70 Great Pyramids of Giza combined. It’s not something most of us take into account when ...

Renewable energy waste is a growing problem due to the increasing use of solar panels and wind turbines. Improper disposal of renewable energy equipment can lead to environmental and health problems.

"It is providing a solution." Officials launch innovative partnership to solve major problem with common waste: 'I'm very ...

In the late 1940s, following wartime-driven innovation, the mass production of inexpensive plastics revolutionized American ...

The recycling industry is drowning in secrets that put our oceans, and the Earth’s future, at risk. When I started a social enterprise to keep plastic out of oceans, I was horrified to encounter a ...

The world is overflowing with waste. In fact, according to The World Bank, two billion tonnes of waste are generated annually; and without urgent action, global waste will increase by 70 percent on ...

Once upon a time, before marijuana became legal (or partly legal) in most of the U.S., the only plastic involved with a pot transaction might have been a small baggie and a disposable lighter. (Or, ...

Food waste problems have long challenged the U.S. where as much as 40% of food was going into the trash, rather than to feed families. Now the ReFED Insights Engine, a new online data center with a ...

Cincinnati’s growing waste footprint threatens all attempts to make our community more sustainable. Thankfully, there’s something each of us can each do about it. Sheila Fields owns a 1.5-gallon trash ...