Each year, people around the world dump a staggering 2.12 billion tons of waste. One of the biggest reasons for this astounding amount of waste is that human beings trash approximately 99% of ...

Municipal solid waste (MSW) management systems in the United States have undergone much evolution over time. The overall system has seen many changes, including changes in policy, the types of ...

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 half the world’s population does not have access to regular trash collection Unregulated or illegal dump sites serve about 4 billion people and hold over 40% of the world’s waste The World ...

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 ...