Artificial intelligence and automation are impacting some jobs that humans don't always want to do. Robots are being used to sort through waste at recycling centers to combat worker shortages. In some ...

4D printing, or printing using adaptive materials, is on the cutting edge of 3D printing technology, and there may be a way ...

Stop Crushing Your Aluminum Cans. Debunking the Myths of Recycling Metal ...

The company's labeling protocol applies to rigid PP tubs, bottles, jugs and jars recycled in the United States, but Greenpeace USA questions the impact of the move. How2Recycle, with help from The ...

Conventional PCB manufacturing—which is wasteful, energy intensive, and harmful to the environment—increasingly calls for electronics recycling to reduce material waste and energy requirements through ...

The world is drowning in plastic. Producers are peddling a “solution” that is more like an illusion. Is there anything more pathetic than a used plastic bag? But the plastics industry is working to ...

Says Hemmer, “We make living in cities and communities possible. The work that we do every day is to pick up your materials at your curb or at the back of your store or industrial property—and as a ...

Kish Rajan, CEO of Mt. Diablo Resource Recovery, calls for recommitting our collective efforts to fulfilling the promise of ...

You dutifully toss your soda cans and last week’s newspaper in the bin and wheel it out to the curb every other week. But are you recycling right? Seattle has some of the highest recycling rates in ...

Odor and safety risks in post-consumer plastics arise from diverse contaminants and degradation products, complicating ...