Even among plastics labeled "biodegradable," some break down readily while others persist for long periods. In experiments ...

Saeedeh Naziri, Ph.D., is a teaching assistant professor in the Department of Geological Sciences and Engineering at the University of Nevada, Reno. She earned her doctorate in civil engineering, with ...

Tuberculosis, or TB, is a contagious bacterial infection that primarily affects the lungs. While curative treatments exist, more than 80% of cases occur in low- and middle-income nations, where ...

In the United States, over one-third of food is never eaten, and more food reaches landfills than any other material in the municipal solid waste stream. Wasting food wastes the labor and other ...

Home to the Indianapolis 500, Indiana offers lush farmland, sandy beaches and a key role as a transportation hub, for which it earned its Crossroad of America nickname. Here are the 19 Indiana cities ...

A tractor making piles of compost. Firms are developing bacteria and enzymes that might one day be used to break down microplastics in compost. Credit: Shutterstock Synthetic polymers have been on the ...

Scotland's waste sector is on the verge of a crisis which could see rubbish piling up on the streets, experts have warned. They say the combination of significantly reduced landfill space and a ...

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ALBANY - Two area landfills will serve as the final resting places for the Central Warehouse, which began coming down in earnest this week. Advance Albany County Alliance CEO Kevin O'Connor said ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Photo by BeInCrypto Anthropic says Claude has discovered a previously unknown enzyme system in the DNA of viruses that infect ...

CHESTERFIELD COUNTY, Va. (WRIC) — Former owners of the inactive, bankrupt Shoosmith Landfill in Chesterfield County have been indicted and are wanted by authorities, according to court records, as ...

HAINES CITY, Fla. — Illegal dumping is becoming a growing problem in Polk County, and now leaders are working to combat it. For more than 20 years, Katie Hayes, executive director of Keep Polk County ...