The COVID-19 pandemic has increased the volumes of plant waste across all industrial sectors, including manufacturing. Many items that were easily disposed before are identified as hazardous now.

Several Chinese cities and provinces are facing a novel coronavirus resurgence, with strict pandemic prevention and control measures, even lockdowns if necessary, being implemented in places where ...

Waste disposal has received a lot of attention but the diseases associated with it are not always highlighted. Globally, around 5.2 million people die every year because of diseases caused by medical ...

Although long-term care organizations successfully distribute drugs to patients every day, their processes for getting rid of the waste associated with those medications may sometimes fall short, ...

Noting that public participation is vital in solid waste management plans, Minister for Local Self Government and Excise MB Rajesh has said Local Self Government Institutions (LSGIs) should make all ...

As recycling items pour into the Waste Management processing facility in Grayslake, workers position themselves along conveyor belts to both separate plastic bottles from cardboard boxes and pull out ...

Waste disposal in households is often done in a haphazard manner. Characteristics of daily general waste disposal in Ugandan households more often than not consist of people dumping their trash onto ...

Caring for the environment through proper electronic waste (e-waste) management and disposal is part of Globe’s contribution to achieving a circular economy, the company said in a statement. Circular ...