Waste is a big issue in America. A Verisk Maplecroft study suggests the country generates three times the global average in ...

New rules seek to address one of the modern economy's most pressing workers' rights and climate issues, writes John Hearne ...

NBC News' Maya Eaglin reports on how Goodwill is taking old, unwanted clothes and handing it over to Reju, a company creating ...

Elon Musk intends to focus more on Tesla, but it's unclear if he'll be able to solve a big problem of his own making: damage to its brand.

Europe produces 5 tonnes of waste per capita per year and exports a significant amount of it for other countries to deal with ...

A single load of laundry can release millions of plastic pieces that wastewater treatment plants can't capture. They end up in humans.

Although unusable clothing and footwear may no longer be thrown in with household waste as of this year and must instead be ...

Waste colonialism is an under-recognized yet far too prevalent practice, whereby developed nations export millions of tons of ...

Sparkill: St. Thomas Aquinas College, 125 Route 340, will celebrate Earth Day from noon to 6 p.m. Saturday, April 26. Vendors, family fun, music and food as well as a tour of the new SKAE Astronomy ...

Millions of tons of fabric waste are sent to incinerators or landfills every year, where they can release climate-warming ...

For lazy environmentalists like me who want to reduce their own household waste without assigning themselves ... and more like a personal trash incinerator fueled by Mother Nature.