By the Numbers: Electronic Waste
…the fatty tissue of fish, which then winds up on peoples’ dinner plates. Electronic waste can be recycled, but the majority of e-waste in the U.S. destined for recycling is…
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Mountains of Solar Waste: What Can Be Done?
…by 2030, and by 2050 these solar panels could make up to 10 percent of all e-waste on the planet. To make matters worse, if the waste isn’t disposed of…
E-Waste Not
…agreement that would restrict the export of e-wastes. What to Do With E-Waste A number of good options exist for proper disposal of e-waste, of which the most rigorous is…
5 Alternative Technologies Helping Manage Sewage Waste
…their waste. Repurposing waste for biogas and fertilizer, utilizing green infrastructure, installing real-time data technology and composting will all play a role in improving the efficiency of waste management. …
Dust-ups Continue Over Radioactive Waste Storage At San Onofre
…radioactive nuclear waste which will be stored on-site for the foreseeable future. In 2018 for example, a whistleblower exposed how a 54-ton canister loaded with radioactive waste nearly plummeted 18…
Plastic Waste From CDs & Their Cases?
Dear EarthTalk: What’s going on in the music industry with all the CDs and plastic CD holders undoubtedly generating a lot of plastic waste? —John S., via email According to…
Yucca Mountain: Home of Long Lost Nuclear Waste?
…nation’s nuclear waste to Yucca Mountain from so many distant locations where it now sits. The waste would arrive by truck, and six to seven shipments of the hazardous material…
The Nuke Waste around Us
…via brokers and processors,” says Diane D”Arrigo, a co-author of the report. Tennessee licenses the largest number of nuclear waste processors to relocate, incinerate and recycle radioactive waste. In 2000,…
Are there any efforts underway to increase the recycling of construction waste?
…a useful field guide outlining different approaches builders can take to managing waste. Of course, the best way to prevent waste in the first place is good planning. Design should…
Fairness in Waste
…commitments that, taken together, add up to major reductions in energy, waste and pollution. One of the top such pledged commitments is to recycle. Pretty easy, as eco-commitments go. After…