In an era where sustainable living is no longer a choice but a necessity, cities around the United States are racing to improve the way they handle waste. With densely populated urban centers ...

Managing Director, Lagos Waste Management Authority (LAWMA) Muyiwa Gbadegesin has said that sorting organic waste is critical to achieving a clean Lagos of about 23 million population and also ...

Just past the visitor’s center is a mountain of garbage. Refrigerators, desk chairs and shopping carts, stacked in a hulking heap. Around the corner, past the “tipping floor”where compactors shovel ...

The waste crisis is devastating our planet. A lot of the stuff we throw gets dumped in landfills. These massive waste disposal sites are often created by destroying forests or inhabitable lands. For ...

The subject of how people dispose of items they no longer want or need might seem like pure rubbish to some folks. But it’s actually a topic that requires careful planning and consideration. We were ...

Construction waste comes in many forms. From scrap materials such as wood, brick, metal and asphalt during construction to broken glass, concrete and rocks during demolition. Some of these materials ...

Apollo Global Management (NYSE:APO) has agreed to acquire a majority stake in Noble Environmental, a company focused on waste ...

You've probably seen it before—leftover food that could have been used, just being thrown away at a restaurant. It happens more often than you think. Every year, restaurants generate millions of tons ...

When trash leaves our homes, it often feels like it’s out of sight and out of mind. But the work is just beginning for the Delaware Solid Waste Authority (DSWA) and its landfills. At facilities like ...