At Lufka Refillable Zero Waste Store in Tampa, customers refill bottles of everyday products like soap, shampoo and cleaning ...

YASUYOSHI CHIBA / AFP via Getty Images The plastics industry has worked for decades to convince people and policymakers that recycling would keep waste out of landfills and the environment. Consumers ...

While recycling campaigns can help limit what heads to the landfill, scientists are now saying that it’s masked the glaring problem of over-production and de-emphasized other waste reduction ...

Eastman takes a principled approach to developing solutions for the circular economy. In our previous article, “Six principles for the circular economy,” we introduced our approach to evaluating ...

The council says the scheme under consideration would be safer for staff and easier for residents.

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During important processes like cleaning, fragments of plastic are lost as microplastics. This means the system itself creates plastic waste, and we urgently need to rethink the design and operation ...

Big F&B companies are taking steps to advance waste solutions, even as current product packaging continues to accumulate. No one can question that we have a global problem with food and beverage waste ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. CEO of Sport Positive, covering sport, sustainability & climate action Mar 18, 2024, 06:52am EDT Recycling plays a vital role in ...

New rules requiring local restaurants, schools, caterers and grocery stores to recycle food waste are keeping tons of old food out of landfills and instead turning it into compost used by gardeners ...