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.

The Embassy of France in Nigeria has completed a three-year €753,000 Plastic Waste Processing Project to strengthen recycling ...

A new study determines that just four policies can reduce mismanaged plastic waste -- plastic that isn't recycled or properly disposed of and ends up as pollution -- by 91% and plastic-related ...

This year is expected to be the hottest on record, but 18-year-old activist Shrusti Amula is refusing to feel down about the future of the planet. Instead, she’s working to reduce the impacts of ...

He added that the project is expected to reduce operational costs, increase recycling efficiency and contribute significantly to Ghana’s circular economy agenda. As part of the first phase of the ...

Grocery retailers may not need new technology—or behavior change from shoppers—to meaningfully reduce food waste. New research in the journal Management Science finds that small operational decisions ...

Waste Connections expanded renewable natural gas operations through its Ontario landfill project while strengthening ...

Better waste management will help Laos create jobs, improve the economy, and protect the health of people and the environment. The Lao PDR Pollution and Waste Management Project is investing in waste ...

A groundbreaking health supplement, NutraPectin, developed by young scientists at the University of Pretoria, aims to combat South Africa's rising lifestyle diseases by recycling agricultural waste ...

The World Bank Board of Executive Directors today approved a $60 million International Development Association credit to support Cambodia’s improvement of solid waste and plastic management. The ...

Since 2018, Project E-REDUCE has worked alongside communities in General Santos City to support a more structured and inclusive approach to managing household waste. The program is supported by the ...

As Mongolian consumption increases, the capital, and its municipalities need a working mechanism to manage the growing amount of waste. Mongolia’s waste sector is in dire need of not only policy ...