From e-waste to compostable scraps, this simple, no-jargon guide helps you understand your trash, sort it better, and support ...

More than two decades after construction of the Hanford nuclear site’s massive vitrification plant began, the plant has taken ...

Radioactive waste from the Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant was discharged into Ohio rivers and creeks for decades. Learn ...

City-parish officials have agreed to pay state regulators $36,000 to settle old allegations that Baton Rouge's north sewage ...

The waste is left from chemically processing uranium fuel irradiated in Hanford reactors to produce nearly two-thirds of the ...

Money was made available to prevent subcontractor employee layoffs at the Hanford nuclear site in Eastern Washington the day after Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., face ...

Scientists have developed compostable crop sensors that they believe could help tackle the e-waste problem while also helping ...

As the global population grows and industrial activities intensify, the amount of waste generated has reached alarming levels. In response, cleantech innovations have emerged to address not only the ...

Africa generates 2.5 million tons of e-waste annually, much of it handled informally. • Toxic substances from poor recycling methods harm people and the environment. • Turning e-waste into a formal ...

The Baltimore wastewater treatment plant at Back River is hiding a dirty secret — an unsavory mixture of toxic "forever chemicals," or PFAS.

The amount found in five local wastewater facilities exceeds the EPA-recommended limit of 0.36 micrograms per liter. This could mean contamination of drinking water sources.