As the world faces the consequences of increasing plastic waste, China has seemingly become an outspoken proponent for massive reforms and proactive solutions. First reported by Politico, Chinese ...

Turning trash into cash has become a big business in China, where nearly 720,000 tons of municipal waste are produced every day. The heat from incinerating that mountain of waste has increasingly been ...

Every day, the world throws away more than a billion meals while nearly 800 million people face hunger. This startling contradiction has become one of our most pressing global challenges, with new ...

In the United States, which has less than one-quarter of China's 1.3 billion people, the Sierra Club's Sierra magazine estimates almost 100 billion plastic bags are thrown out each year. The Sierra ...

A company in eastern China is using an artificial intelligence-powered machine to sort clothes and boost recycling.

Transitioning to greener growth and using resources more efficiently are central to China’s pursuit of high-quality economic development. The proposed 15th Five-Year Plan reiterates better waste ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In an industrial park in Zhangjiagang, a small city on China's east coast, a large humming and hissing machine feeds on piles of ...