The approach is a significant step. State landfill becomes first in US to properly handle hazardous waste: 'Removed off the ...

Agricultural plastic mulch films are widely used around the world to increase crop yields, conserve soil moisture, and suppress weeds. However, once these films are discarded, they can persist in the ...

This story was originally published by ProPublica. Last year, I became obsessed with a plastic cup. It was a small container that held diced fruit, the type thrown into lunch boxes. And it was the ...

DILLINGEN/SAAR, Germany—Pyrum Innovations A.G., a European firm that uses a patented pyrolysis method to convert end-of-life tires, is leading a joint venture in establishing a 20,000-ton-per-year ...

Circtec says its plant in Delfzijl, the Netherlands, will use pyrolysis technology to process some 50,000 metric tons per year of end-of-life tires.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The world produces 460 million metric tons of plastic each and every year. But only about 9 percent of it gets recycled, leading ...

Sustainability and heavy manufacturing have long had a strained relationship, shaped by scale, cost pressures and the ...