Each year Americans generate more than 400 million tons of municipal solid waste (MSW) and construction and demolition (C&D) waste. Of that, we recycle only a quarter, leaving 300 million tons of ...

As we all know, the COVID-19 pandemic forced many companies to reduce or eliminate non-essential or complimentary services in an effort to keep operating costs low. For companies in the service ...

ORANGE PARK, Fla. – This month’s Positively Jax winner is feeding the masses. Do you ever wonder where near-expired food or bags of produce with slight imperfections goes when they can’t be sold? The ...

When we borrow or use something that will eventually be possessed or owned by someone else, we should give that item back in as good or better condition than when we first got it. This principle also ...

Managing food waste gains significance as foodservice growth continues. Salaria also suggested pursuing partnerships, such as donations to charities like Feeding America, to repurpose waste and avoid ...

New York City’s Department of Sanitation is set to roll out curbside compost pick-up to all households in all five boroughs over the next 15 months, and they’re starting right here in Brooklyn.

What am I going to do with these carrots? It was a good question, given that it was the last vegetable harvested from the garden. Mother’s waste-not-want-not approach, which included turning ...

DUBLIN — Phillip Allen is an English abstract painter in his mid-forties, whose interest in the material possibilities of his medium — ranging from felt tip pens to oil paint and enamel — informs ...

This philosophy has deep religious and cultural roots, from monsters and meditation to Marie Kondo’s tidying up. This article by Dr. Kevin Taylor, Director of Religious Studies and Instructor of ...

Tossing a spent single-use propane tank or an old fire extinguisher in the trash can cause an explosion inside a garbage truck. Failing to dispose of latex paint properly can cause harm to marine ...

Can you imagine how much waste every person throws away and which becomes the problem of waste disposal companies? I recently discussed the country’s big waste problem with “Ms. Garbage” herself, ...