Scientists from the University of Portsmouth and the University of Manchester say they have developed a fusion enzyme that ...

It’s cheaper and quicker to dump waste illegally. At one location, it’s used to support collapsing land – a practice called ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Photo Credit: iStock A Wyoming landfill claims to be the first in the nation to divert hazardous e-waste using a process designed ...

Every day, food scraps disappear into trash bags, are hauled away and forgotten. But that waste could be turned into ...

In a new study, scientists from the universities of Portsmouth and Manchester report that a specially engineered enzyme can ...

Since joining the EU in 2007, Romanians might’ve expected the country to have cleaned up its waste management practices by now. Yet it still relies on landfills, ranks last in recycling rates, and is ...

Energy-from-waste facilities are often positioned as a cleaner alternative to landfill, transforming rubbish into electricity ...

Officials say a massive avalanche of garbage at Indonesia’s largest landfill has killed at least five people and left several others missing after heavy overnight rain triggered the collapse.

For many residents of Rutherford County, the conversation about waste management started with a smell. What those residents discovered is that the challenges facing Rutherford County are not just ...

Danantara, the Indonesian state wealth fund, on Friday announced that it had chosen Wangneng Environment as the operator of a WtE plant in the city of Bekasi, while Zhejiang Weiming Environment ...

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — A massive avalanche of garbage at Indonesia’s largest landfill killed seven people after heavy overnight rain triggered a rubbish dump collapse, officials said Tuesday. More ...

Lenny recalled freezing when he saw the first heap of garbage collapse underneath the feet of his fellow scavengers on the afternoon of Feb. 20, at a landfill in the town of Rodriguez, in the ...