The proliferation of e-waste, or electronic waste, has become a pressing global issue with significant environmental and health implications. E-waste refers to discarded products with a battery or ...

Amanda Smith is a freelance journalist and writer. She reports on culture, society, human interest and technology. Her stories hold a mirror to society, reflecting both its malaise and its beauty.

After two years of droughts in Missouri, hay supplies are low, with many producers feeding hay during the summer months and lacking the pasture growth to get the tonnage comparable to previous year’s ...

Today marks America Recycles Day, dedicated to promoting recycling and waste reduction across the country. Yet, as we celebrate, it’s worth asking: How effective is recycling, really? Despite decades ...

In Southwest Georgia, 35,000 pounds of tomatoes were minutes from going to a landfill. An exceptionally great yield left a farmer in rural Georgia scrambling to sell the overflow. In the nick of time, ...

Sustainability starts in the kitchen, and cooking with a waste-free mindset is one of the best ways to help the planet while ...

New research has compared whether food waste is reduced more by consumers who are driven by sustainability or those driven by nutrition and health. With somewhat unexpected findings, the study ...

Food waste is a financial burden for many CPG businesses, but companies can leverage innovative technologies to foster a more collaborative supply chain that reduces waste, optimizes resources, ...

Despite economic uncertainties, geopolitical tensions and pandemics, tourism continues to thrive. The World Travel & Tourism Council projects the sector’s global economic contribution will hit a high ...

Every experiment produces results—and byproducts. Plastics, solvents, and energy use add up quickly in research settings, but a growing number of laboratories are showing that waste doesn’t have to be ...

Linda Thompson Gonzalez’s Another Viewpoint piece on solid waste and Broward’s poor recycling rate should be mandatory reading for anyone who sends trash to the county landfill (Can we put 5 million ...