In 1991, 480,000 people in 12 communities produced 605,000 tons of trash. Of that total, 15 percent or 91,000 tons, was recycled and the rest was thrown away. The average household participating in ...

The idea of cutting back on the use of fresh water and putting more emphasis on recycling and reusing waste water at shale play drill sites – like the Niobrara – is not new. It’s been talked about for ...

Lifestyles in China are changing rapidly, and ordering food online is an example. However, those billions of delivery meals produce an enormous amount of plastic waste from packaging, but also from ...

The story about April Hepokoski’s efforts to live a “zero-waste” life was interesting and provided both inspiration and practical tips for reducing waste in our own lives (“Nothing to waste,” July 28) ...

For the past five years, artist and architect Dennis Maher has collected discarded building materials from demolition sites and salvage yards throughout the de-industrialized city of Buffalo. He has ...

Mai Samih examines how a joint initiative between the government and the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation will help reuse waste water for urban and agricultural uses While construction work ...

Atomic waste from bomb building and sloppy civilian energy practices poses a dreadful threat to future generations. The stuff doesn’t go away and we can’t agree on how to store it safely. We simply ...

Mai Samih examines how a joint initiative between the government and the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation will help reuse waste water for urban and agricultural uses While construction work ...