When it comes to plastic wrapping on food, your first instinct may be that it should be reduced a much as possible, but it ...

Over the past few years, the world’s governments have clamped down on packaging waste due to the increased awareness of environmental issues. Although due to environmental protection, it can also be ...

The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation is reminding businesses, organizations and consumers of the waste reduction law requirements that went into effect Jan. 1.

Toxic contaminants from metal mining have infiltrated hundreds of thousands of kilometers of river channels around the world, exposing about 23 million people to potentially unsafe levels of lead, ...

As the new year turns over, laws regarding polystyrene foam bans and restrictions on hotel single-use plastic take effect in ...

One of the sneakiest carbon culprits might be sitting right on the curb, according to a recent study by Yale researchers. Led by Yuan Yao, assistant professor of industrial ecology and sustainable ...

The Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection recently added textiles and mattresses to the list of materials banned from waste disposal and further lowered the threshold on banned ...

California regulators are recommending the state weaken its hazardous waste disposal rules in a bid to dump contaminated soil at some municipal landfills within the state. State officials say revising ...

A Philadelphia environmental group has filed an appeal to block a proposed $1.1 billion “advanced” plastics recycling plant in rural Pennsylvania after the administration of Gov. Tom Wolf, a Democrat, ...