The chief executive of Waste Management runs a company worth tens of billions of dollars, yet he has spent nights riding ...

In the middle of Europe, a contaminated legacy of the Soviet nuclear program has turned into a lucrative opportunity for the waste industry. Our investigation reveals that companies continue to dump ...

Myanmar has had to face tremendous challenges in waste management in the recent past, due to a number of factors – its growing population and economy, increasing complexity of waste streams, and lack ...

Credit: United Nations. The United Nations also hosts waste events to highlight the importance of waste reduction and overconsumption UN-backed Zero Waste Week highlights procurement risks: fast ...

Singapore's recycling rate fell to 50% in 2024, a decade low, raising waste management concerns despite a drop in waste generation from 1.08kg to 0.85kg per person. Waste generation rates are a more ...

Online retail giant Amazon has issued its first waste diversion metrics, according to Waste Dive. Amazon claims 85% of its waste in 2024 was diverted from landfills, compared to 84% in 2023 and 82% in ...

The op-ed by HSR Zero Waste President Jamie Kaminski and ZWIA vice-chair Gary Liss in Resource Recycling magazine emphasizes the critical role of the Zero Waste Hierarchy in shaping sustainable waste ...

The Zero Waste International Alliance (ZWIA) announces the release of Version 8.1 of the Zero Waste Hierarchy of Highest and Best Use. This update was developed through the collective input and ...

Postdoctoral Research Associate, Sustainability Assessment at the Grantham Centre, University of Sheffield A new project in Bradwell, Essex, aims to change how we grow food and how we deal with our ...

Close Tell your U.S. senators: Stop the worst kind of food waste One of the first lessons we learn as a child is not to waste our food. Unfortunately, we adults could do better at following our own ...

You've probably seen it before—leftover food that could have been used, just being thrown away at a restaurant. It happens more often than you think. Every year, restaurants generate millions of tons ...