Among the various plastic recycling methods being explored, one promising approach is biological plastic recycling, also ...

Cutinases are fungal enzymes that naturally degrade plant cuticles and show promise for recycling plastics. However, they ...

Bacillus sp. CL14 produced proteases with diverse substrates using hydrolyzed feather meal, linseed flour and canola meal. The crude enzyme was successfully applied to hydrolyze the gelatin layer in ...

Researchers at the organization predict disposal firms and recyclers will have more than 3.8 billion metric tons of discarded materials to handle in 2050—or 50 percent more than today. Landfill ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) -Rutherford County’s Middle Point Landfill has been hit with multiple new violations as efforts continue to verticalize the site, which has had thousands of odor complaints.

A research team has developed a high-efficiency electrochemical system that simultaneously produces hydrogen and value-added ...

As Maine towns are seeing their waste disposal costs continue to climb, some towns and other groups are looking for ways to reduce the tonnage they truck to landfills. Maine towns pay per ton of trash ...

Researchers at the University of Toronto have identified how certain bacteria can be guided ...

First vitrified Hanford radioactve waste disposed of at site. 30 containers of glassified waste staged as disposal started. DOE says its an important step in Hanford nuclear site cleanup. Richland, ...

Under the right conditions, 1g of oyster shells can capture and lock away up to around 1.5g of the rare earth elements ...

PLAINFIELD TWP., Pa. -- A major landfill expansion is again proposed in Plainfield Township, Northampton County, but first, the township supervisors have to agree to rezone the land. The company ...