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Refilling a bottle instead of throwing it away has become a popular way for people to reduce waste — a small, tangible action ...

During important processes like cleaning, fragments of plastic are lost as microplastics. This means the system itself creates plastic waste, and we urgently need to rethink the design and operation ...

When household batteries die, it's hard to know what to do with them. So they get shoved into a junk drawer or sheepishly thrown into the trash.

EU researchers are developing AI-guided robot fleets to take over the dangerous, dirty work of finding and removing marine litter from the sea floor. A ship with a crane floats in the Mediterranean ...

At Atlanta-based RaceTrac, Tony DeSerto, director of hot foods and dispensed, said he wants to encourage and build a culture ...

State battles over reproductive rights are turning toward environmental law as legislatures and advocates grapple over ...

BISMARCK — An unwanted byproduct of North Dakota’s oil field could be the key to unlocking a new industry in the state within the next few years. An international company is proposing to begin ...