Eastman takes a principled approach to developing solutions for the circular economy. In our previous article, “Six principles for the circular economy,” we introduced our approach to evaluating ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Calvin Hong, 10, with a fallen tree branch at Sunnyslopes Park. (Michael Blackshire / Los Angeles Times) There are many causes of ...

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Dating back to World War II, recycling represented the strength, innovation and stability of American democracy.

At Lufka Refillable Zero Waste Store in Tampa, customers refill bottles of everyday products like soap, shampoo and cleaning supplies instead of buying new.

While the three R's reduce, reuse and recycle constitute the most well-known mantra of the eco-conscious, Kay McKeen of environmental education nonprofit SCARCE says a fourth ‘R' should be added: ...

Reduce, reuse, recycle, and rethink can be applied in Canadian operating rooms (ORs) to increase environmental sustainability, advises a new guideline published in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association ...

The Baltimore City Department of Public Works (DPW) is launching its new OOPS Tag Recycling Initiative, a citywide program designed to reduce ...

Global talks to slash plastic production and the toxic chemicals used to produce plastic products fell apart in Geneva this week Global talks to slash plastic production and the toxic chemicals used ...

The plastics industry has worked for decades to convince people and policymakers that recycling would keep waste out of landfills and the environment. Consumers sort their trash so plastic packaging ...

“Reduce, reuse, recycle.” For more than 50 years, those three Rs have been the world’s go-to environmental mantra. On the face of it, the three Rs sound like an empowering call for each of us to play ...

There are many causes of climate change. One example is cutting down trees. This is a problem that some people don’t know about. Carbon dioxide is released from the trunk when it breaks down or gets ...