In a new report released this week, the United Nations said the amount of electronics waste worldwide is growing even as efforts to recycle it may be falling even further behind targets. The Global ...

A recent study has found that India will generate over 11 million tonnes of solar waste by 2047 if it does not scale up ...

In the late 1940s, following wartime-driven innovation, the mass production of inexpensive plastics revolutionized American ...

Renewable energy waste is a growing problem due to the increasing use of solar panels and wind turbines. Improper disposal of renewable energy equipment can lead to environmental and health problems.

NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK / ACCESS Newswire / December 2, 2025 / The world doesn't have a waste problem because it creates too much waste. It has a waste problem because it can't see what it creates.

Four hundred million tons of toxic waste are produced each year. Just imagine that for a moment — that’s 70 Great Pyramids of Giza combined. It’s not something most of us take into account when ...

The recycling industry is drowning in secrets that put our oceans, and the Earth’s future, at risk. When I started a social enterprise to keep plastic out of oceans, I was horrified to encounter a ...

The world is overflowing with waste. In fact, according to The World Bank, two billion tonnes of waste are generated annually; and without urgent action, global waste will increase by 70 percent on ...

Research found Brits would eat enough tubs of sweets over Christmas that, if laid down together, would stretch out to nearby ...

Food waste problems have long challenged the U.S. where as much as 40% of food was going into the trash, rather than to feed families. Now the ReFED Insights Engine, a new online data center with a ...

Katherine Martinko is an expert in sustainable living. She holds a degree in English Literature and History from the University of Toronto. At Treehugger, we often talk about perfection being the ...

Once upon a time, before marijuana became legal (or partly legal) in most of the U.S., the only plastic involved with a pot transaction might have been a small baggie and a disposable lighter. (Or, ...