A U.K. startup, originating from founder Jacob Nathan’s high school science project on using enzymes to break down plastic waste, has secured an oversubscribed $18.3 million in Series A funding.

TALLAHASSEE — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has approved a controversial proposal that would lead to using phosphogypsum, a radioactive byproduct of the phosphate industry, in a road ...

A Wayne County hazardous waste treatment and disposal facility will accept low-level radioactive soil and concrete from a Manhattan Project cleanup site in western New York, the U.S. Army Corps of ...

Bangladesh generates around 87,000 tons of single-use plastics annually, of which 96% are directly discarded as garbage. Due to lack of awareness, many people dump plastic waste at convenience, which ...

THE Maryvale Energy from Waste project, which will bring a new energy industry to Gippsland, has won deal-making multi-council waste tenders. More than a dozen Victorian councils have committed their ...

Manaus is one of the top generators of solid waste among Brazil’s state capitals, with an average of 1 kilogram (2.2 pounds) of garbage per resident every day. The problem affects all of Amazonas ...

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has granted preliminary approval for the use of a material that contains radioactive radium in a Florida road project that’s being described as a “pilot.” The ...

LEWISTON, N.Y. — After decades of studies, community meetings, and public outcry, Manhattan Project-era radioactive material is finally being removed from a storage site in Lewiston. "It's great to ...

According to the Ellen MacArthur Foundation, 45% of emissions stem not from energy use but from the way we produce and consume products, materials, and food —areas that demand a circular approach. As ...