America tosses out tons of old electronics every year from cell phones, laptops, TVs, and even coffeemakers. Basically, anything that can be plugged in or has a battery can be considered electronic ...

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The U.S. alone wastes 133 billion pounds of food every year. That's $161 billion worth, or 31% of the entire food supply and a quarter of all municipal solid waste. Meanwhile, 38 million Americans are ...

A new initiative focuses on the investment and environmental value of reducing plastic waste. Trùng Khánh, a district of Cao Bằng Province in the Northeast region of Vietnam, attracts many tourists ...

In the dark corners of your attic shelves or the depths of your desk drawers likely sits a collection of defunct laptops, cameras, and gaming consoles. The phone you may be reading this on will ...

Waste management in Lagos has never been a static undertaking. As one of Africa’s fastest-growing megacities, Lagos continues to experience rapid urbanisation, population growth, changing consumption ...

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The first time we stepped into an operating theater in the United States as medical students, we were shocked by the sheer amount of waste produced from just one surgery. In fact, health care is ...

Purdue University is committed to preserving a balance between protecting the health of people and the environment, while accommodating increasingly sophisticated and productive research operations.

STAMFORD, Conn. & ROCHESTER, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Keter Environmental Services (“Keter”), a leading recycling and waste management company, and Waste Harmonics, a national technology-enabled managed ...

Although only 0.1% of the carbon emissions of a dental practice comes from waste, practices produce significant amounts of recycling, domestic, offensive hygiene, clinical, hazardous and food waste.