New York is trying to clean up its trash. At the April launch of the state’s 10-year solid waste management plan, David Vitale, division director of materials management at the state Department of ...

Target has pledged to reduce landfill waste and greenhouse gas emissions its business generates in the next 20 years, a large step as the Minneapolis-based retailer continues to affirm its commitment ...

SAN MATEO – A new grocery store on the Peninsula is drawing praise from environmental groups, as it does not offer items packaged in single-use plastics. Byrd's Filling Station is now open in Downtown ...

August 1 - For Athanasios Polychronopoulos, founder and chairman of Greece-based circular economy specialist Polygreen, the word “waste” is an anathema. “The existing waste model is a cancer to our ...

Trash sent for recycling moves along a conveyor belt to be sorted at Waste Management's material recovery facility. New York is hearing feedback from communities that have been disproportionately ...

The animal agriculture industry is the leading cause of most environmental degradation that is currently occurring. These detrimental effects happen as a result of overgrazing, habitat loss, ...

In 1987, The Brundtland Report, also known as Our Common Future, introduced the concept of sustainability, which has since become a buzzword, and the need for global co-operation to protect the ...