Municipal solid waste (MSW) recycling programs are highly localized activities, where materials are collected, sorted, processed, and converted into raw materials for the production of new products.

More than 100 million tonnes of municipal solid waste are incinerated worldwide every year 1. However, little is known about the fate of nanomaterials during incineration, even though the presence ...

Burning trash has a long history in the United States, and municipal solid waste incinerators have sparked resistance in many places. As an environmental justice scholar who works directly with ...

A new Yale-led study indicates that we’re disposing of more than twice as much solid waste as we thought we were. According to the study, published online Sept. 21 in the journal Nature Climate Change ...

Households, small businesses and public service providers generate between 2.1 billion and 2.3 billion tons of municipal solid waste every year – from packaging and electronics to plastics and food.

The world produces over two billion tonnes of municipal solid waste every year, enough to fill over 800,000 Olympic sized swimming pools. Per head of population the worst offenders are the US, ...

The increased generation of municipal solid waste in some First Nations communities obstructs the application of cultural values in its management. (Anderson Assuah), Author provided (no reuse) ...