Green Waste

Upcoming Delmont library events • Enchanted Forest Fun, noon to 1 p.m., April 24 for children ages 3 and older. Hear a story about the Earth, go on a nature scavenger hunt, create your own "enchanted forest" to take home. Participants will also receive a "fairy garden" seed packet to

Under the new contract, the company known as LRS will collect blue recycling carts with "less than 50 percent contamination" in four of Chicago's six recycling regions. The company replaces Waste Management and SIMS Metal Management.

In Florida, the Florida Public Service Commission approved a new Renewable Natural Gas Service tariff for Florida City Gas.  FCG can now offer services to convert biogas into usable renewable natural gas, and receive and transport RNG through its distribution system on behalf of the biogas producer. RNG—biogas that has been processed to meet pipeline […]

Less than 10% of the plastic produced since 1960 has been recycled, according to the U.S.Environmental Protection Agency.

The experts have seen people trying to recycle bowling balls and curling irons. They call it 'wishful recycling'. But paper and plastic items can be problematic too.

A mysterious fungus first identified in 2009, that one expert describes as 'a creature from the black lagoon', could represent the next major global health menace

Chemical engineering professors receive funding from The NSF 2026 Idea Machine to find cleaner uses for waste, including marine plastic pollution

Biochar -- a charcoal-like substance made primarily from agricultural waste products -- holds promise for removing emerging contaminants such as pharmaceuticals from treated wastewater. That's the conclusion of a team of researchers that conducted a novel study that evaluated and compared the ability of biochar derived from two common leftover agricultural materials -- cotton gin waste and guayule bagasse -- to…

OAXACA, Mexico, Apr 10 (IPS) - Rosa Manzano carefully arranges pieces of wood in a big mud igloo that, seven days after it is full, will produce charcoal of high caloric content.

Nature's autumn bounty of fallen leaves isn't usually a problem for lawns and gardens, and mulching the ground with them actually helps to feed the soil for a healthier yard.

Many people think of composting organic matter as a way of keeping solid waste out of landfills, but a new study from North Carolina State University finds there can be significant environmental benefits associated with using compost at landfills.

Experts love keyhole gardens — and you will, too

Street cleaning is expected to last four weeks.

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Amazon's air cargo operation is contributing to meet the company's goal of being carbon neutral by 2040 with an agreement to purchase up to six million gallons of jet fuel made from renewable sources.The fuel blend, which includes feedstock of agricultural waste fats and oils, has the ability

Residents in Amsterdam will no longer need to separate plastic recycling from their trash once city-owned waste management firm AEB launches a new setup to separate out plastic and drink cartons for them. "If we separate it after collection, we are less dependent on good behavior," the city said in a statement. The machines used for this task have improved significantly, the city said. "As a result, machines can…

As much as one billion tons of waste could be burned in open and uncontrolled fires around the world each year, according to one estimate – close to half of all the municipal solid waste generated on Earth. But even if the true total is a fraction of that amount, the impact on human health and the environment is likely to be profound, particularly for the hundreds of millions of people living in countries…

Many people think of composting organic matter as a way of keeping solid waste out of landfills, but a new study finds there can be significant environmental benefits associated with using compost at landfills.

However, the Nordic country isn't interested in leaving well enough alone. Today, the Danish Ministry of Finance announced an ambitious new plan to boost its wind power production capacity. Instead of merely building a few more wind turbines here and…