waste

A quick nugget of audio from our conversation with Ed Gildea, CEO of Converted Organics, doing some large-scale municipal sized composting.

The pollution in the Thi Vai river, near Saigon in Vietnam, has reached such a critical level that Japanese ships are now refusing to dock in the port for fear it will corrode their ships' hulls.

Follow these tips to help you reduce food waste, save money and protect the environment.

Americans receive about 26 billion bills and 9 billion paper statements in their mailbox each year. That equals…

755 million lbs of paper! 9 million trees! 512 million gallons of gas to deliver them! 19.6 BILLION lbs of greenhouse gas emissions!

If you are interested in living green than be aware of what you buy and what it’s packaged in.  Skip the tortured process of

Brazilian researchers have developed a new cost-saving and energy-saving way to recycle construction and demolition (C&D) waste. While innovative enough for a patent application, it's also so simple that some waste engineers and managers will slap their foreheads and exclaim why didn't I think of that!

Traditional methods of producing ethanol generally revolve around the digestion of waste plant matter from farms, switchgrass, corn, or even rice husks. BlueFire Ethanol of Irvine, California, however, has plans to build a facility later this year that will be able to produce 3 millions gallons of ethanol each year, from trash. That’s right, your unwanted waste might one day find its way into your fuel tank.

The largest retailer of consumer electronics has just started a trial e-waste recycling program in over 117 stores across 8 states.

All landfill trash decomposes over time and releases methane, a greenhouse gas, into the air. At landfills across the county, new technology is being developed to capture that gas, treat it and send it where it can be used as fuel. At Three Rivers Landfill in South Carolina, landfill gas travels 17 miles through a pipeline to Kimberly Clark"s Beech Island facility, where it helps to power the manufacturing plant.

To battle the e-waste problem, the U.S. Postal Service is working with recycling company Clover Technologies Group to develop a free national collection program for small electronics.

 The Cyclone Waste Heat Engine (WHE) is a self-starting engine that operates runs on waste heat emanating from an external source, such as the exhaust from an internal (or external) combustion engine, or the direct burning of biomass (i.e., processing garbage into methane would not be required). The WHE is also designed to run efficiently on solar heat without the installation of costly photovoltaic panels.

The U.S. wastes more than a quarter of its available food! Find out what some companies are doing to lower how much food is wasted.

Recycling the 2 million tonnes of electrical waste that head to UK landfill every year will have a huge positive impact on the environment. Start today with Electro Collect

Bottled water has become ubiquitous over the last decade or so. In fact, in 2006, Americans spent $15 billion on bottled water. Of course, as consumers have proved time and again, just because a product is popular doesn't mean it's a good thing for the planet, or even for their own health.

With all the bad news surrounding methane and landfills, one wouldn’t expect to hear about an innovative source of energy.