Wida Widiarti has spent her entire life near the Citarum River on Indonesia's main island of Java. That means she has ...

Lucknow: The Gomti river, once the lifeline of Lucknow, is now battling severe pollution from untreated sewage, industrial discharge and administrativ.

Amid a global plastic-pollution crisis, artist Erik Jon Olson turns his own plastic waste into quilted works of art in which ...

Rising rural populations, drought and climate change are making water scarcity a problem in country townships—with more efficient handling of sewage system wastewater part of the solution.

Plastic manufacturers are pushing to have their products counted as compost. Composters and farmers are trying to stop them.

How long does waste really last? A common plastic bag, if left untreated, takes approximately 20 years to decompose. A plastic bottle? Arou ...

Malaysia emerged as a major destination for U.S. waste after China banned American waste imports in 2018. California shipped ...

A new enzymatic process cuts costs by 74 percent, slashes chemical use, and recycles PET plastic cleaner than oil-based ...

A product used on farms across New York, produced at a facility in Chateaugay, was nearly banned for use on agricultural land ...

A small but growing number of footwear companies are using "biodegradable" and "compostable" as selling points. What does ...