The rapid proliferation of robots and electronic devices is placing the world under a new and growing environmental burden.

This includes agricultural waste dispersed in the environment such as mulch films, which can be difficult to collect for recycling. Biodegradable and bio-based plastics have great potential to replace ...

Global electronic waste reached approximately 62 million metric tons in 2022, with soft robots—widely ...

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Steve Ela is an organic fruit grower in western Colorado who relies on compost to nourish his heirloom tomato crop each year. He plants nitrogen-rich legumes and other perennial cover crops amongst ...

Right now your compost bin might be full of vegetable peelings and old teabags but in the future it could be full of plastic waste too. This is after researchers discovered a new type of compostable ...

The city government of Laoag, through its Environment and Natural Resources Office (ENRO), distributed 1,500 household composting kits to urban barangays on Thursday to help manage biodegradable waste ...

The global plastic waste crisis has reached a point where simply reducing usage is no longer enough. While biodegradable ...

Discover how the Island Garden City of Samal (Igacos) uses circular economy initiatives—from PWD-made rugs to solar power—to prolong its landfill’s life.

Tiruchi's waste management projects lag behind schedule, risking environmental health despite some progress in biomining and ...