Most Whatcom County residents will no longer need to sort their recycling for curbside collection, as a local hauler finishes ...

Several global trends are colliding with disastrous consequences for health and the environment, new research warns. Plastic production has skyrocketed since the 1950s, from a few million tons a year ...

BERLIN, Conn.—Here’s a job the computers can take without much complaint: sorting recyclables. For humans, it is a foul, laborious job that entails standing over a conveyor belt, plucking beer cans ...

This week in Las Vegas, tech companies at CES 2026 are unveiling the latest wearable health devices — glucose monitors, blood pressure trackers, fitness trackers. Probably not mentioned at the show is ...

Note to readers •This story is made possible through a partnership between The Salt Lake Tribune and Grist, a nonprofit environmental media organization. For the first time, leaders of Western states ...

Waste Management (WM) raised its dividend by 7.1% to $3.23 per share. The company has increased payouts for over 20 consecutive years. Waste Management paid $1.21B in dividends against $2.16B in free ...

Riccardo Maddalena receives funding from UKRI EPSRC. Mehdi Chougan does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, ...

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Virginia’s Southeastern Public Service Authority (SPSA) board of directors has approved a 20-year contract with Commonwealth Sortation LLC, an affiliate of Amp Robotics Corp., Denver, Colorado, that ...

No one knows how much construction and demolition waste from recent Multnomah County library renovation and expansion projects was kept out of landfills, despite the county’s commitment to green ...

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