Many measures have been initiated to reduce plastic pollution in Norway. Only a few of them will lead to extensive change and cleanup, a new study shows. Chemists at the University of Copenhagen have ...

A new study explores waste management systems and reveals that achieving zero waste leakage by 2030 is unlikely, potentially jeopardizing related Sustainable Development Goals. The authors emphasize ...

A new study from the University shines a light on the enormous scale of uncollected rubbish and open burning of plastic waste in the first ever global plastics pollution inventory. University of Leeds ...

It takes 200 years for polyester clothing to break down meaning that every piece of polyester clothing ever made still exists today. Even for the most conscious consumers, it can be a challenge to ...

Plastic bags tangled in trees. Takeout containers scattered along roadsides. Bottles clogging streams and waterways and washing up on beaches. Across the United States, plastic waste and pollution ...

This post may contain links from our sponsors and affiliates, and Flywheel Publishing may receive compensation for actions taken through them. Life as we know it was largely shaped by rivers. Many ...

Scientists at the University of Stirling have developed a new method of monitoring the presence of pathogens in rivers polluted by wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs). The number of discharges from ...

Dongdaemun District in Seoul has become the first local government to introduce volume-based waste bags made of vinyl that ...

More than 10 years after environmental groups petitioned for a new rule, the state plans to require the Central Valley Water ...

For a city that never goes to sleep, Lagos State generates more than 14,000 metric tonnes of solid waste daily, an ...

Thailand discovered 284 tonnes of electronic waste illegally sent by the United States in 12 containers and is preparing to ...

Fig.1. Aquatic ecosystems at higher risk of receiving land-based waste. Dark blue highlights key areas (including rivers and their basins, and coastal zones) with the highest risk of receiving ...