Talks aimed at a global treaty to cut plastic pollution fizzled in Geneva this week, with no agreement to meaningfully reduce the harms to human health and the environment that come with the millions ...

Recyclable items must be empty, clean, and dry, as food and liquids contaminate the recycling process. Even a bit of cheese or grease on a pizza box can spoil the whole load of recyclable materials.

Every experiment produces results—and byproducts. Plastics, solvents, and energy use add up quickly in research settings, but a growing number of laboratories are showing that waste doesn’t have to be ...

We’ve all heard about the three Rs: reduce, reuse and recycle. How about a fourth? Similar to "reuse," the province’s new recycling system operator suggests Ontarians "repurpose." It's referring to ...