We've seen fungi being used to create useful new materials for construction, fire-retardant building insulation, and even 3D-printed batteries. One of the researchers behind that last doozy, Dr.

Waste management has evolved from a linear model of “take–make–dispose” to a more sustainable framework predicated on reduction, reuse and recycling within a circular economy. Contemporary strategies ...

DENR-EMB Environmental Monitoring and Enforcement Division Chief Corazon Gasapos emphasized that a circular economy shifts the traditional “take–make–dispose” model into a more sustainable system ...

Every time we toss out an old T-shirt or discard a disposable medical patch, we’re contributing to a rapidly escalating environmental crisis. The world produces over 92 million tons of textile waste ...

Editor’s note: The Lab Report is a weekly series in The Badger Herald’s print edition where we take a deep dive into the (research) lives of students and professors outside the classroom. University ...

You know plastic waste is a problem. But Jeff and Dane Anderson, twin brothers in California, are trying to do something about it. They started a company, Full Cycle Bioplastics, to make a fully ...

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: After successfully implementing a door-to-door collection system for non-biodegradable waste through the Haritha Karma Sena, under the ‘Malinya Muktham Nava Keralam’ campaign, the ...

HOUSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Led by Western Europe, increasing regulations and bans against plastic bags and other single-use plastic items such as drinking straws is driving growing demand for ...