In a world searching for more sustainable ways to manage waste, the promise of turning "trash into treasure" is hard to ignore. Take nitrate pollution, for example. Every year, nitrogen fertilizers ...

For decades, pollution clean-up has relied on expensive technologies, large-scale engineering projects, and chemical treatments. Now, scientists are exploring a different ally in the fight against ...

The cleanup of air pollution in East Asia has accelerated global warming, a new study published today (Monday, 14 July) in the journal Communications Earth and Environment has found. But air pollution ...

Electrons flow underground in ways far more extensive than once believed, forming networks that link distant chemical zones. Minerals, organic molecules, and specialized bacteria can act as bridges, ...

The clean-up of a Devon brook hit by pollution has finally been completed after tonnes of contaminated water and sludge were removed, but the investigation into what caused the incident is continuing.

Asia-based PCX Markets says its service allows brand owners a way to fund plastic pollution cleanup efforts in an audited system. PCX says businesses worldwide want to reduce their reliance on virgin ...

Representatives at the recent United Nations conference in Geneva have once again failed to negotiate a binding global treaty to tackle plastic pollution. The Switzerland gathering was the sixth round ...

The South Durban Community Environmental Alliance has lobbied for decades for a special clinic to treat victims of oil refinery and other industrial pollution. Courtesy SDCEA Section 28 of the law ...

A pollution cleanup of the Knolls Atomic Power Labs is continuing, with a recent federal investigation finding that non-radioactive pollution there is not posing a threat to public health or the ...

Residents of Chorkor in Accra have joined an initiative to tackle marine pollution and document the experiences of ...