Only about 5% of plastic is recycled, and much of the plastic waste we generate ends up in our waterways and oceans Since moving to England a few months ago, I’ve noticed the use of more stringent ...

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Western society’s long term strategy to deal with its staggering output of trash has been to establish infrastructure to gather, transport, and dispose of it in landfills. While that is a far better ...

Casey Murphy has fanned his passion for finance through years of writing about active trading, technical analysis, market commentary, exchange-traded funds (ETFs), commodities, futures, options, and ...

Sometime over the last month, you probably threw away a banana. Maybe it got too ripe. Or maybe your child didn’t like the one he was eating with the spotty, brown skin. You probably didn’t think much ...

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Sudbury is looking for a regional municipal assistance job focused on recycling, composting and waste reduction programs.

The state’s disposal ban still isn’t being enforced 10 years later, but advocates are getting traction on new policy ideas including a recently signed school food waste reduction bill.

We all want to reduce waste, protect our environment, and modernize our recycling system, and ensure businesses can expand. The Affordable Waste Reduction Act is the right path forward and a rare ...