If anyone knows that there's value in trash, it's Waste Management-- the big waste hauler collects 66 million tons of it every year. So the company has teamed up with a small venture-backed company ...

Researchers at the organization predict disposal firms and recyclers will have more than 3.8 billion metric tons of discarded ...

Credits: file photo / Waste Management In response to Oakland restauranteurs’ protests against massive rate increases for composting under the city’s new waste contract, city officials and the private ...

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Just like every college campus, UChicago generates a lot of food waste. But there’s one major difference between us and our neighboring schools: we throw our food waste out. That is, the University ...

Decomposing food scraps at Bennett Compost in Northeast Philadelphia. Millions of tons of food waste end up in landfills each year. But alternatives like composting, anaerobic digestion and even ...

New Bedford and Dartmouth residents can get free composting tools and learn best practices in April to reduce waste.