waste

Turning agricultural waste to treasure

New funding will help Berkeley Lab and partners improve how the diverse agricultural waste in California’s Northern San Joaquin Valley…

4 months ago

Mountains of holiday food and packing waste are clogging landfills. Is there a better way?

Photo: A huge mountain of trash is piled up inside the cavernous Athens material recovery facility in Sun Valley on…

11 months ago

Flint Water Crisis Worsens, City Spills 2 Million Gallons of Sewage Into Flint River

The Flint River is shown in downtown Flint April 20, 2016 in Flint, Michigan. Photo: Bill Pugliano (Getty Images) As…

5 years ago

Extreme water stress affects a quarter of the world’s population, say experts

17 countries including India, home to 1.3 billion people, are identified as having ‘extremely high’ water stress. Photograph: Pratik Chorge/Hindustan…

5 years ago

Why the modern bathroom is a wasteful, unhealthy design

Piped water may be the greatest convenience ever known but our sewage systems and bathrooms are a disaster For centuries,…

6 years ago