Plastic manufacturers are pushing to have their products counted as compost. Composters and farmers are trying to stop them.

For months now, the accumulated garbage on the streets of several Cuban cities has become part of the urban landscape.

Introduction Illegal mining, especially artisanal and small-scale gold mining (ASGM), has proliferated across many developing ...

Varying approaches to waste definition and management have made it a challenge to track what happens to the waste we recycle.

Beneath layers of waste, landfills around the US have been reaching scorching temperatures, spewing toxic gases and geysers ...

No country receives more discarded plastic from wealthy countries, but shipments from the United States are no longer welcome.

Certain types of microbes found in the human gut can absorb toxic “forever chemicals” from their surroundings, a study has ...