Coal Ash: 130M Tons of Waste 13:26 We burn so much coal in this country for electricity that every year that process generates 130 million tons of waste. Most of it is coal ash, and it contains ...

The range was 4.8 million to 12.7 metric tons for 2010, depending on assumptions about how much plastic waste makes its way from land to sea. The middle of the range is 8 million tons.

Only about 5 percent of 51 million tons of U.S. plastic waste was recycled in 2021, according to a study from environmental advocacy group Greenpeace. The report, issued Monday, determined that onl… ...

New solvent-based recycling process could cut down on millions of tons of plastic waste. ScienceDaily . Retrieved June 2, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2020 / 11 / 201120142138.htm ...

The U.N. figures we produce around 50 million tons of electronic waste (or "e-waste") every year, ... it looks like some place that's encouraging me to buy a new phone." ...

If you took nearly 2.5 million tons of mismanaged plastic waste — bottles, wrappers, grocery bags and the like — and dumped it in one place, “it would pile as high as the Empire State ...

April 21, 2015 — When we think of e-waste, we tend to think of phones, computers, printers and the like. But that’s just the tip of the iceberg. According to a first-ever global look at the production ...

KENCHANAHALLI, India (AP) — On the edges of a dense forest in southern India, six women in a small garage are busy stitching cloth bags, pants, hospital gowns and office uniforms with automated ...

KENCHANAHALLI, India (AP) — On the edges of a dense forest in southern India, six women in a small garage are busy stitching cloth bags, pants, hospital gowns and office uniforms with automated ...

KENCHANAHALLI, India (AP) — On the edges of a dense forest in southern India, six women in a small garage are busy stitching cloth bags, pants, hospital gowns and office uniforms with automated ...

KENCHANAHALLI, India (AP) — On the edges of a dense forest in southern India, six women in a small garage are busy stitching cloth bags, pants, hospital gowns and office uniforms with automated ...