Up to 904 million pounds of the waste was illegally dumped in the U.S. The United States produced more plastic waste than any other country in the world in 2016 -- about 92.6 billion pounds, ...

A detailed audit of an Australian acute care hospital found that around 41% of food served to patients and nearly 88% of kitchen waste was discarded, mainly due to unserved meals and high plate waste ...

E-waste Production in Kilograms Per Capita: 21.7 Another country that highly contributes to global e-waste is Australia. The e-waste in Australia is growing multiple times more than the general waste.

Nuclear waste. We've all heard about it, but what is it? Is it a problem without a solution? How big is the problem? And what exactly is this waste and why is it so important? New Atlas takes a look ...

As the climate crisis continues, workplaces, schools, institutions and other environments all over the world are doing their bit to cut back on waste, especially when it comes to plastic - one of the ...

Daily solvent use is pretty much a given in a synthetic chemistry lab. In academic laboratories, it’s such an ingrained part of research that chemists might forget that solvents can be serious safety ...

When it comes to waste generation and recycling rates, one could say Texas needs to clean up its act. A recent study by Eagle Dumpster Rental compared how U.S. states disposed of their trash as the ...

Samples from slag cliffs in England reveal industrial waste products can turn into rock in less than four decades, challenging assumptions about how rocks form. When you purchase through links on our ...