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America produces more waste per capita than any other country in the world. And recycling, which was once considered the solution to that problem, ...
A compulsory recycling scheme in South Korea has dramatically cut the amount of food the country throws away. Here's how it works.
Dozens of laborers and factory operators sit hand-cuffed in rows on the pavement at an industrial park in Malaysia.
What really happens to all the stuff you put in those blue bins?
IN A paper published last year in Science Advances, Roland Geyer of the University of California, Santa Barbara, and his colleagues put the cumulat...
The U.S. ships a big chunk of its recycled goods to China. But China doesn't want them anymore, and that's leaving the recycling industry in turmoil.
China’s decision to no longer accept the world’s recycled waste has left countries scrambling to adapt. They have a long way to go.
The federal government says it’s pursuing all legal options against the now-defunct company that shipped tons of garbage to the Philippines, but ex...
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