There are multiple health risks in living close to waste sites, with substantial racial and income differences playing a major role.
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Energy companies are marketing a new fuel: ‘renewable’ natural gas. But it’s not the same from a climate change perspective as wind or solar energy.
Turning food scraps and yard trimmings into compost improves soil, making it easier for people to grow their own food. City composting programs spread those benefits more widely.
To manage plastic wastes, nations first need to know what they have and where it’s coming from. A case study from Trinidad and Tobago shows how this approach can help identify solutions.
Incineration of household waste has gotten a bad name, argues an economist, who sees today’s recycling crisis as an opportunity to reconsider how the U.S. handles its waste.
Since China stopped importing ‘foreign garbage’ in March 2018, scrap – especially plastic – has built up in the US. Will this shock trigger long-overdue investments in plastic recycling here?
Bio-based plastics made from natural sources break down more easily than conventional plastic, without producing toxic byproducts. But for this to happen they have to be composted, not buried in landfills.
Two business professors spent five years studying Walmart’s ambition project to bring sustainability to its millions of budget-conscious customers – a plan that began with the birth of a granddaughter.
If the US were to stop dumping these valuable metals in landfills and to cease exporting them as cheap scrap, its imports could fall, and there would be less of these metals being made from scratch.
Recent urban disasters in Ethiopia and Mozambique resulted in high female mortality, which was been largely ignored.
Landfills produce huge amounts of methane. Many of the bigger operators capture it to turn into energy, but they’re wasting about 80% of what’s available. It’s time Australia stepped up.
Low-income residents in Puerto Rico are fighting disposal of toxic coal ash in their communities. They’re also campaigning to shift from coal energy – the source of the problem – to solar power.
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Professor of Global Environmental Politics, University of California, Berkeley
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Professor of Environmental and Soil Chemistry, Michigan State University
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Professor of Biochemistry, Michigan State University
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Professor of Waste Management, The University of Queensland
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Professor of Climate Sciences, Duke University
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Associate Professor, Anthropology & Marine Affairs, University of Rhode Island
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Professor of Economics, Bucknell University
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Professor of Sustainability, Rochester Institute of Technology
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Research Associate Professor of Supply Chain Management & Coordinator of Academic Sustainability, University of Arkansas
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Associate Professor of Women's, Gender and Sexuality Studies, George Washington University
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Assistant Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Michigan State University
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Professor of Management, Rochester Institute of Technology
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Professor of Applied Environmental Science, University of Southampton
