Landfill operators say they need the extra trash to manage Maine’s sludge—but conservationists are pushing back.

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Alan D. Miller is a former Dispatch editor who teaches journalism at Denison University and writes about old house repair and ...

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A Hartlepool packaging factory has become the first site in the UK to receive a company award for preventing almost all its waste ending up in landfill.

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Diapers take hundreds of years to naturally break down. That means the very first disposable diaper ever used is still in a landfill somewhere. To tackle this, Hiro Technologies turned to fungi. These ...

The fight for clean water in Hoosick Falls is chronicled in a new book by Mariah Blake called “They Poisoned The World: Life ...

Could baby poop and fungi work together to tackle landfill waste? That's the idea behind a new startup that sells disposable diapers paired with fungi intended to break down the plastic.

U.S. Sen. Josh Hawley was able to include the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act in a major budgetary package.