Hungry gulls do not only steal our chips and sandwiches. They learn our habits, and look for reliable sources of food. That includes waste treatment centers, landfill or anywhere food waste is ...

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 ...

Recycling bin filled with plastic bottles emphasizes waste management and environmental awareness. Image in public domain.

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 ...

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 ...

From the very beginning of production, vapes are devastating for the environment. Sourcing raw materials for these products is highly resource intensive, requiring not just plastics, but heavy metals, ...

MACH Engineering reports that industrial water pollution remains a significant issue in the U.S., with many businesses exceeding pollution limits, adding that effective strategies can help mitigate ...

The concept of ‘chemical recycling’ is controversial because it’s used to describe many different processes, some of which may be worse for the environment than disposing the plastic waste in a ...

Experts caution against gaps in implementation that have dogged garbage disposal and sanitation in India for decades.