These shows treat the symptoms of overconsumption but not the causes.

When governments want people to do less of something, one way to make that happen is to charge them for doing it. That’s the idea behind pay-as-you-throw waste policies.

An estimated 8 million metric tons of plastic waste enters the ocean each year – equivalent to dumping in a garbage truckload of it every minute. A new report calls on the US to help stem the deluge.

One-tenth of global emissions result from the production and supply of building materials – and the construction process itself.

Allotments and repairing old clothes are just aspects of 1970s life that are making a comeback.

Allotments and repairing old clothes are just aspects of 1970s life that are making a comeback.

Women and girls in low-income countries are disproportionately likely to be affected by the plastic waste that’s flooding our planet.

The problem of increasing plastic waste has been exacerbated by the pandemic, requiring better regulation and monitoring to solve.

People feel less bad about all the packaging in meal kits when they can recycle the waste, research finds.

For "urban mining" of precious metals, researchers have adapted the flash Joule method to get gold, silver, rhodium, and other materials from e-waste.