The Semipalatinsk Test Site, also called the Polygon, is lesser known but was used by the Soviet Union to test nuclear ...

Mr. Clapp is a journalist and the author of “Waste Wars: The Wild Afterlife of Your Trash,” from which this essay is adapted.

Reasons to be Cheerful reports on new methods that are turning mountains of old clothes into rack-ready garments amid growing ...

Bioethanol made from fermented agricultural waste can be turned into zero-carbon hydrogen through a new process that uses ...

Four decades after the Bhopal gas tragedy, chemical waste from the Union Carbide factory is being unloaded for incineration in Dhar district, Madhya Pradesh, leading to protests and health concerns.

Some Maryland leaders and sustainability advocates are pushing for legislation that would remove trash incineration from the ...

Written by Shelly Ott/Remax It’s no secret that we rely on electronics daily to ease some of life’s stressors and provide entertainment. To keep up with consumer demand, companies produce […] ...

Food science and chemical engineering double major Aidan Gensure studies the transformation of agricultural waste into ...

Chinese researchers find a novel method to recycle wind turbine blades into useful component for cement and asphalt mixtures.

Citizens who live near the city’s two waste water treatment plants, which treat Lexington’s sewage, have been complaining of ...

I think that there are opportunities to deal with this material in a contained environment, in the burn zone, rather than ...

Scientists have found methods to convert plastic waste into valuable chemicals. One approach breaks plastics into olefins for ...