waste

Can We Phase Out Expanded Polystyrene?

Despite being made from carcinogens, expanded polystyrene is still prevalent today across the U.S. and around the world despite the risks.

Spent wind turbine blades are piling up in the West Texas desert as well as elsewhere around the U.S. and around the world.

Home composting is one of the most effective and cost-efficient waste management strategies that can be done to safely reduce food waste.

Given the buildup of e-waste these days, environmentalists are increasingly looking at refurbished items when shopping for new electronics.

We sure do love our solar panels, but in 10-20 years a lot of them will be heading for landfills if we don’t figure out how to recycle them.

Waste from disposable personal protective gear is piling up. What can be done about making and using more sustainable forms of PPE?

In a few decades when all of today’s EV batteries are spent, will we be able to recycle or repurpose them so we don’t drown in more e-waste?

Individually, zero waste means sending little to no garbage to a landfill, but big picture, proponents want to change the way we view trash.

PPE waste is a big environmental concern now given we are discarding hundreds of billions of disposable masks & gloves every month globally.

Mining wastes (“tailings”) could indeed be part of the solution to our climate woes.