A plastic drinks bottle is one of the most "recyclable" objects in the modern waste stream. It is lightweight and collected in huge volumes. Yet even for this item, the reality of recycling is messy: ...

In 2022, humans generated roughly 62 million tons of electronic waste—or e-waste. That's enough to fill more than 1.5 million garbage trucks. And by 2030, that figure is expected to rise to 82 million ...

Some items you can recycle in one city may be prohibited in another. Batteries, plastic bags, small appliances, and more may not be allowed.

A dumpster full of recycled plastic is emptied at Tank’s Speedway Recycling and Landfill in Tucson, Arizona, in March. Diannie Chavez The Republic / USA TODAY NETWORK Recycling was once considered the ...

How PV modules are treated at the end of their life is an increasingly important issue, but some recycling practices leave a lot to be desired. Scott Azevedo from Intertek CEA explores how asking the ...

In this Q&A, J.T. Marburger explains why recycling performance is harder to verify than many other sustainability efforts.

South Florida’s new recycling facility in Pembroke Pines aims to recycle over 275,000 tons of material per year.

SUNNYVALE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Quanergy Systems, Inc., a leading provider of OPA-based solid state LiDAR sensors and smart 3D solutions for automotive and IoT, today announced a new smart LiDAR ...

Facility will process up to 75,000 tons of food waste annually. Expected to help MN meet its sustainability and recycling goals. Creates compost and biochar for soil and water benefits. An unusual ...

SCRANTON — The city plans to hire Waste Management of Dunmore to process recycling materials for five years starting early next month. Scranton City Council on Tuesday unanimously introduced a ...