Global municipal waste is rising faster than the infrastructure, financing and institutions built to manage it. The World ...

Few of us think about what happens to our waste after we flush the toilet, but to Jay Graham, its path is a critical part of improving human health. Graham is a professor of environmental health at UC ...

Toxic contaminants from metal mining have infiltrated hundreds of thousands of kilometers of river channels around the world, exposing about 23 million people to potentially unsafe levels of lead, ...

California regulators are recommending the state weaken its hazardous waste disposal rules in a bid to dump contaminated soil at some municipal landfills within the state. State officials say revising ...

How much pollution a facility engaged in production or resource extraction emits isn’t just based on its location, its industry or the type of work it does. That’s what our team of environmental and ...

Over the past few years, the world’s governments have clamped down on packaging waste due to the increased awareness of environmental issues. Although due to environmental protection, it can also be ...

Malaysia says it is no longer accepting plastic waste from a handful of nations, including the U.S., that didn’t ratify the Basel Convention. Malaysia emerged as a major destination for waste from the ...