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What is pay-as-you-throw? A waste expert explains

Staff Writer - January 9, 2022

Lily Baum Pollans, Hunter College Pay-as-you-throw is a policy that charges people for the amount of trash they toss out. It’s also sometimes called variable-rate...

Environment

Packaging generates a lot of waste – now Maine and Oregon...

Staff Writer - September 8, 2021

Jessica Heiges, University of California, Berkeley and Kate O'Neill, University of California, Berkeley Most consumers don’t pay much attention...

science

How to turn plastic waste in your recycle bin into profit

Staff Writer - January 17, 2021

Joshua M. Pearce, Michigan Technological University People will recycle if they can make money doing so. In places where cash is offered for cans and...

Environment

Secondhand clothing sales are booming – and may help solve the...

Staff Writer - November 17, 2020

Hyejune Park, Oklahoma State University and Cosette Marie Joyner Armstrong, Oklahoma State University A massive force is reshaping the fashion industry: secondhand clothing. According to...

Environment

Millions of burnt trees and rusted cars: Post-disaster cleanup is expensive,...

Staff Writer - December 10, 2019

Sybil Derrible, University of Illinois at Chicago; Juyeong Choi, Florida State University, and Nazli Yesiller, California Polytechnic State University The most destructive and costliest wildfire...

Environment

How to boost recycling: Reward consumers with discounts, deals and social...

Staff Writer - November 29, 2019

Magali (Maggie) Delmas, University of California, Los Angeles You finish that last sip of morning coffee and stare at the empty paper cup in your...

Environment

How to boost recycling: Reward consumers with discounts, deals and social...

Staff Writer - November 18, 2019

Magali (Maggie) Delmas, University of California, Los Angeles You finish that last sip of morning coffee and stare at the empty paper cup in your...

Economy

Trump should wage a war on waste instead of battling the...

Staff Writer - September 18, 2018

Clyde Eiríkur Hull, Rochester Institute of Technology President Donald Trump is fighting the wrong fight in his ongoing trade war with the rest of the...