The modern garbage disposal provides a quick and sanitary way to dispose of food waste, keeping trash bags lighter and landfills from overflowing. But even this venerable appliance can choke on ...

If only the story had ended there. Despite that legislative success, the poorer nations of the world have never stopped being ...

Global Production Every year, the world produces a staggering 400 million tons of plastic. This sheer volume of production is ...

Vishwanath Mallabadi Davangere: The e-waste artist Vishwanath Mallabadi Davangere, a former engineer from Bengaluru, collects discarded electronic components — circuit boards, wires, and microchips — ...

In Nigeria, informal collectors of plastic bottle waste are central to resolving the clash between its environmental costs ...

Recycling starts in the kitchen for Daniel Silberstein and his daughter. Photo: Margareta Bloom Sandebäck/imagebank.sweden.se The Swedish government’s target is for food waste to decrease by 20 weight ...

Kakadellis suggests that a path forward will also necessitate shifting the way consumers think about certain waste management strategies — like composting. Grist thanks its sponsors. Become one.

“Circularity” in this sense refers to waste-management principles calling for the end of life of a product to be designed for the object’s reuse or recycling. The first step is to design ...

with many people expressing solidarity with him and the cause of opposing hazardous waste disposal. Sailana (Ratlam) MLA Kamleshwar Dodiyar, the lone assembly member from the BAP, visited the ...

Instead, they’re designed to grind up and dispose of food waste that you would otherwise compost. Prior to buying a garbage disposal, there are a few basic items of note to consider: what makes ...

and pay fees to support recycling and reduce landfill waste. I want to... Understand producer registration and reporting requirements Learn more about products required to meet recycled content ...