On October 27, Sustainability Matters and Fairfax County officials will hold a ribbon-cutting on a new pollinator habitat project at the county’s I-66 Landfill and Transfer Station on West Ox Road.

"Microbial solutions that will address plastic waste on a larger scale." Scientists discover insect with major appetite for plastic — here's how it could help clean up landfills first appeared ...

An estimated 20 million metric tons of plastic litter are in landfills and the world's oceans. By 2050, production of plastic products is expected to reach 590 million metric tons, with only 18-20 ...

In landfill, the potential fertilizer is lost to be decomposed into methane and contaminated wastewater. Ideally, food waste should be separated out from other waste and processed like this.

Insects are a sustainable food source because they require less water, land and feed than traditional livestock. Some, like black soldier fly larvae, can even break down food waste that would ...

Landfills received about 10.5 million tons of yard trimmings, ... insects and diseases, Krans said. The added nutrients mean you won't need to use as much fertilizer as usual, ...

These insects break down organic waste – a process already being used in places like Britain and Singapore – and the flies themselves can also be turned into compost, oil or animal feed.

Insects are disappearing at an alarming rate worldwide, but why? Agricultural intensification tops the list of proposed reasons, but there are many other, interconnected drivers that have an ...