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President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday said Russia needed to improve its waste management, after stinking and dangerous landfills sparked a national protest movement. “We...
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Scientists based at Purdue University have developed a chemical conversion process that can transform a commonly discarded type of plastic waste into clean fuels....
World
Weighing more than all commercial airliners ever built and worth more than most countries’ GDP, electronic waste poses a growing economic and environmental threat,...
Life
The research examines musculoskeletal disorders connected to different recycling and waste collection systems, with a focus on the workers tasked with collecting waste from...
World
The research is based on a small study conducted at the Medical University of Vienna. The research looked at data collated from people in...
World
Taking the example of the U.S., for the past 25 years, the United States has exported approximately one-third of these recyclable materials overseas for...
World
An example of waste management problems rests with plastics. One million plastic bottles were purchased globally per minute, according to The Guardian. This is...
World
By slashing food waste and improving waste management and recycling, 23 global cities and regions representing 150 million people pledged Tuesday to significantly cut...
World
In a neighbourhood in downtown Sofia, theatregoers are looking for entertainment among the city’s rubbish — quite literally. As night falls, spectators are led...
World
Garbage has never smelled so sweet for a small village in southern Benin since it opened a pilot waste treatment centre to turn household...