Agency announces 2018 winners of the Sustainable Materials Management Electronics Challenge Awards. TheU.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has announced the 2018 winners of the Sustainable Materials Management Electronics Challenge Awards, which honor sustainable products and processes and the diversion of electronics from landfills. “The participants in the Electronics Challenge saved roughly 276,000 tons of electronics from going […]

YAKIMA, WA – Central Washington Recycling is a company that works year round, that’s why when people put trash in their bins it ends up affecting them. “We’re just a small facility and we send our stuff to larger recycling facilities. If there is too much contaminated stuff in those bins, there is a chance […]

With less than a week until Christmas, it won’t be long before people are enjoying holiday meals, opening presents and creating a lot of trash. The EPA estimates household garbage increases by 25 percent between Thanksgiving and New Year’s Day. When it comes to recycling holiday trash, you need to know what should go in […]

LIHUE — Federal ocean management officials have tightened up on rules for U.S. Navy training and testing in the Hawaii-Southern California area at the same time the Navy is proposing increased activities around Hawaii. The more stringent National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration rules include shutting down sonar when marine mammals are in the area, waiting […]

The deepest point on Earth is heavily polluted with plastic, scientists have discovered, showing how pervasively the world has been contaminated. The researchers plumbed the depths of the Mariana Trench in the western Pacific Ocean, near Challenger Deep, the lowest place on the face of the planet. They found the highest levels of microplastics yet […]

Waterford people are being urged to recycle plastic, waste cardboard and paper, and other items over the Christmas period. Christmas can be a plastic-heavy time with toy packaging, selection boxes and Christmas crackers. “There are many items that we use at Christmas time that can be recycled and especially when it comes to things like […]

A group of German entrepreneurs have come up with a blockchain-based project that aims to help save trees in Paraguay, one of the countries most affected by deforestation. Every minute, our planet loses 27 soccer fields worth of forests. In a year, that makes up to more than 75,000 square kilometers, and in 2016, according to […]

WASHINGTON  – U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday told Republican congressional leaders he will not sign a government funding bill because it fails to include enough funding for border security, raising the odds that parts of the federal government could shut down on Saturday morning. Trump announced his decision during a closed-door meeting at the […]

Russia’s President Vladimir Putin has accused the UK and US political classes of “disrespecting” the public by questioning the Brexit referendum and Donald Trump’s election. “They don’t want to recognise [Mr Trump’s] victory. That’s disrespect of voters,” he said. “The same in Britain: Brexit happened, but no-one wants to implement it.” He also warned that […]

More than 500 tons of wrapping paper thrown out every year over the Christmas season, Zero Waste Canada says It may be the most wonderful time of the year, but according to Zero Waste Canada it’s also the most wasteful. The non-profit grassroots organization says the average Canadian family throws out 25 to 45 per […]