The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released “Advancing Sustainable Materials Management: Facts and Figures” Nov. 12. The report highlights data on national municipal solid waste (MSW) and ...

Municipal solid waste (MSW) management systems in the United States have undergone much evolution over time. The overall system has seen many changes, including changes in policy, the types of ...

As homeowners and businesses seek more environmentally responsible ways to dispose of unwanted items, experts say reuse, donation and recycling can significantly reduce the amount of waste sent to ...

Municipal solid waste (MSW) recycling programs are highly localized activities, where materials are collected, sorted, processed, and converted into raw materials for the production of new products.

Plastics are just a small fraction of the recyclables collected and processed by Waste Management Inc., and film is just a small fraction of those plastics. But plastics, including film, have value, ...

Global municipal waste is rising faster than the infrastructure, financing and institutions built to manage it. The World ...

Environmental Solutions Group (ESG), Chattanooga, Tennessee, has expanded its Connected Collections suite with the introduction of recycling and waste facility contamination detection technology ...