Associated Electro-Mechanics Inc. was cleaning metal with solvents and had the potential to emit one or more tons of air ...

From the very beginning of production, vapes are devastating for the environment. Sourcing raw materials for these products is highly resource intensive, requiring not just plastics, but heavy metals, ...

A new study explores waste management systems and reveals that achieving zero waste leakage by 2030 is unlikely, potentially jeopardizing related Sustainable Development Goals. The authors emphasize ...

A new study from the University shines a light on the enormous scale of uncollected rubbish and open burning of plastic waste in the first ever global plastics pollution inventory. University of Leeds ...

Plastic bags tangled in trees. Takeout containers scattered along roadsides. Bottles clogging streams and waterways and washing up on beaches. Across the United States, plastic waste and pollution ...

Humans generate a lot of plastic waste—more than 400 million metric tons a year. To bring this fact a bit closer to home, the U.S. produced an average of 0.75 pounds of plastic waste per person each ...

Athens is asking the court for a declaration that AIG owes a defense on all the underlying actions, reimbursement of the defense costs it has shouldered alone, and damages for what it describes as bad ...

A UN expert has warned that Mexico is facing a growing “toxic crisis” as hazardous waste and pollution linked to US economic activity increasingly affect local communities. In an interview with the ...

Mongolian herder Purev Batmunkh sighs as he picks through waste strewn across a field—the refuse of an unsightly and deadly waste pollution problem affecting swathes of the steppe. His country is ...

Enforcement action targets multiple units at Rengali plant after repeated non-compliance with air, wastewater and hazardous ...