Last week the Lawrence County Solid Waste Department recently announced that a Huntsville-based Geographic Information System (GIS) company called Spatial Net has been contracted to go door to door th ...

Electric bikes have helped thousands of commuters. They’ve also led to hundreds of injuries and dozens of deaths.

Researchers are turning ​​one of the world's most ubiquitous pollutants — cigarette butts — into components for sustainable energy storage.

Despite decades of warnings, governments and private companies have continued launching missions with little plan for what ...

How should one interpret a major problem that may be bogging down a private consultant while preparing an industry-friendly report on a situation that adversely impacts society—especially when the ...

India's rapid solar energy expansion is widely hailed as a success. But without a plan to manage the waste it will generate, how clean is the transition? In just over a decade, India has become the ...

Nigeria has taken a major step towards strengthening its electronic waste governance system with the formation of the Nigeria E-Waste Sounding Board, inaugurated during a two-day stakeholder workshop ...

Electronic waste, or e-waste, is one of the fastest-growing solid waste streams worldwide. In 2022, the global population generated 62 million tonnes of e-waste, yet only 22.3% was recycled. In light ...

Discarded electronic waste containing earth minerals is overtaking landfills globally at an alarming rate as much of the tech industry and enterprises kick the disposal problem to the curb. Meanwhile, ...

E-waste, which refers to discarded electrical or electronic devices, is the fastest growing domestic waste stream in the world, and it is highly toxic, threatening public health. Much of this e-waste, ...

Every single year, the average person on the planet produces around 8 kilograms (17.6 pounds) of electronic waste. But that number hides a shocking truth: In Europe, that figure more than doubles.