Weapons-grade plutonium could be disposed of using the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant through a controversial project that moved forward Friday as federal officials issued the results of an environmental ...

The fact that plastics pollute the environment and generate problems has been well-researched in many areas. However, there is little information on the impacts of plastics on climate and biodiversity ...

Germany-based startup CleanHub, which provides a scalable solution to collect ocean-bound plastics, recently committed to expand its environmental impact at the Clinton Global Initiative (CGI) 2024 ...

The Environmental Protection Agency released a draft national plastics strategy on April 21 that includes a focus on the health impacts of plastics production and microplastics and looks at ways to ...

Shop judiciously this Thanksgiving and Black Friday. Up to 80% of items — and any plastic packaging they are wrapped in — will end up either in a landfill, destroyed by incineration or converted into ...

The proliferation of e-waste, or electronic waste, has become a pressing global issue with significant environmental and health implications. E-waste refers to discarded products with a battery or ...

The National Association for PET Container Resources (NAPCOR), based in Charlotte, North Carolina, has released a life cycle assessment (LCA) comparing polyethylene terephthalate (PET) plastic, glass ...

The Utah Department of Environmental Quality’s data shows that only about 5% of waste produced in Utah was recycled or composted in 2023 -- a number they say is “way lower than it should be.” ...

The city of Seattle has also announced plans to start providing one free battery pickup a year in 2026. While this is a positive move in the right direction, it is woefully inadequate to the growing ...

The effects of plastic on the three planetary crises of climate change, biodiversity loss and environmental pollution: scientific knowledge is still patchy and unevenly distributed. The United Nations ...