Waste management in space has come a long way since the first moon missions. Back in the 1960s, NASA Apollo astronauts left ...

This story is part of the WHYY News Climate Desk, bringing you news and solutions for our changing region. From the Poconos to the Jersey Shore to the mouth of the Delaware Bay, what do you want to ...

Circular sanitation systems could be lifelines on a water-stressed planet, but there are big barriers to overcome. By Jane Withers Jane Withers is a design writer and curator in London who specializes ...

Sewage pollution in the Thames has been a problem for centuries. A new art installation at Science Gallery London explores the history, engineering, geography and science of human waste in the river.

Stanford University researchers have built a photovoltaic-thermal electrochemical stripping system that extracts fertilizer nutrients from human urine. They say the system could provide a ...