PFAS are probably the "most toxic drinking water pollutants we are aware of," according to a professor of earth and ...

This follows a malfunction last year when firefighting foam spilled from a suppression system at Brunswick Executive Airport.

For now, 90% of this detritus goes to landfills. And the panel fields and towering turbines must be dismantled, trucked away, usually by diesel-powered vehicles, and then sent to landfills or ...

Kristina Smithe's business, Hiccup Earth, has 70,000 lightweight, pliable silicone cups that she rents out to interested ...

Discarded carpet and clothing are potential sources of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) in landfill leachate, but little is known about their release when disposed in landfills. The ...

New York - New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg will propose a ban on Styrofoam, the substance commonly used for ... city will turn to extruded polystyrene foam, saying it clogs up landfills, does ...

Senate Bill 1531 would prohibit the sale or distribution of food containers containing Polystyrene Foam or Styrofoam. On April 30, SB 1531 passed through the senate and made it’s way to the house.

Nova Chemicals Corp. has officially commissioned its first polyethylene film recycling facility, Syndigo 1, in Connersville, ...

A growing number of cities are attempting to use data, often painstakingly gathered through dumpsite visits and household ...

The Solid Waste Advisory Committee hosted a paper-shredding event last Saturday to benefit Compassionate Care ALS (CCALS). Thirty-four hundred pounds of would-be trash (shredded paper cannot be recycl ...

This week state Environment Minister Penny Sharpe repeated a dire forecast that many landfill sites are projected to be at capacity in five years. She said at the current rate of waste disposal ...

Those little packets labeled as silica gel that you find in product packaging for electronics, clothing, and food can have a second life as part of your camping kit, according to a recent video by ...