Studies show that Californians are doing a trashy job of reducing their waste, with an estimated 6 pounds disposed per person every day. That’s about 2,200 pounds of garbage per year. While our waste ...

UNEP’s Inger Andersen calls for urgent global action to curb food waste, cut methane emissions, and protect resources to secure a resilient zero‑waste future.

The world is facing a growing waste challenge linked to unsustainable production and consumption, with humanity generating up to 2.3 billion tonnes of municipal solid waste each year. This year’s ...

Kay Masterson has always wanted to make her Boston-area restaurant more sustainable, partnering with an organic farm to get some vegetables close by and offering reusable containers for customers’ ...

As the holiday season comes to an end, families are disposing of bags filled with torn-up wrapping paper, getting rid of leftovers that didn’t quite make it to the plate and taking down seasonal ...

Inequities in waste collection and funding are a major global issue, according to an updated report. Upfront investments ...

Tracking and paying close attention to the products and menu items that are not being used and thrown out is a great way to track habitual waste. Regularly assessing these specific items in the ...

At a New Hampshire facility, agricultural plastics are compacted together. Photo courtesy Guy Crosby/CNS Camryn Woods is a reporter with the Community News Service, part of the University of Vermont’s ...

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 ...

The issue of waste in healthcare is garnering more attention than ever right now, and for good reason. Two bullet points illustrate the scope of our industry’s challenges: Let’s imagine, though, that ...

The Beer Snake—that magnificent slinky plastic stretch of hundreds of emptied beer cups stacked up by golf fans at the 16th party hole at the WM Phoenix Open—might be viewed as the poster child for ...