A research team at The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) has developed an innovative urban food waste management framework by analyzing food waste data from 29 large cities ...

With the increasing population worldwide, waste generation is multiplying uncontrollably. Municipalities find it challenging to manage such wastes for further separation, recycling, transformation and ...

Croatia has been lagging behind other EU member states in transitioning towards a circular economy. The World Bank has been supporting Croatia in improving waste management for more than a decade.

Nairobi’s current waste disposal system is fraught with major problems. EPA/Dai Kurokawa Uncollected solid waste is one of Nairobi’s most visible environmental problems. Many parts of the city, ...

Coronavirus has revealed just how fragile our waste cycle is. Globally, collection services are being reduced because of social distancing, staff absences and concerns about workers’ health and safety ...

The waste crisis is devastating our planet. A lot of the stuff we throw gets dumped in landfills. These massive waste disposal sites are often created by destroying forests or inhabitable lands. For ...

Plastic is now becoming as much of a problem as it has been a solution. Some say the global plastic waste crisis has reached a critical tipping point, that the oceans are swimming with microplastics, ...

Solid waste management (SWM) is a global issue that necessitates collective efforts to reduce environmental and social impacts. Inadequately managed waste produced from years of economic development ...

Community effort: Local coordinators gathering data with the help of participants to improve waste collection. KOTA KINABALU: For the longest time ever, the cluster of water villages in Semporna ...

Part three Part one: Low consumption, high leakage: The Philippines’ plastic paradox Part two: From bin to ocean: How plastic ...