But a new study shows how advanced steelmaking technologies could substantially reduce carbon emissions.

Electric bike batteries can be particularly dangerous and tricky to dispose of.

Inside every smartphone and laptop are tiny specks of valuable materials, many of which are still lost even when you take your old electronics to a recycling center.

How misleading marketing leads to greenwashed consumer behaviour and ineffective recycling of waste streams.

Not all plastic is the same. Old yogurt cups and milk jugs, for example, don’t play well together when being turned into new materials. However, there are solutions.

So many cities with densely populated communities living in flats without gardens struggle to find sustainable solutions to food waste.

Waste, as a thing, an idea, a problem, has always been wholly determined from a human standpoint.

Pyrolysis breaks down plastic and generates potentially useful oil − but it’s not a silver bullet for the planet.

Plastic waste expert Mark Miodowonik explains the history of plastic and why he believes manufacturers must be responsible for making sure plastic is recycled.

Innovative water management can reshape perceptions and demonstrate the feasibility of recycled wastewater.