Marketed as a virtual assistant for waste sorting, the Junker app helps consumers solve the everyday dilemma: ‘Can I recycle this?’ FoodNavigator asks co-founder Noemi De Santis how the start-up is ...

Trash is a massive carbon offender. Whether it sits in a landfill or burns in an incinerator, trash releases harmful greenhouse gases. And much of that waste could be repurposed or recycled, if only ...

SHOWS US THE WASTE MANAGEMENT COMPANY DOES ALL THE SORTING. THIS IS KNOWN AS ONE BIG BIN. ALL TRASH MIXED TOGETHER FROM PLACER COUNTY COMMUNITIES, INCLUDING ROSEVILLE, ROCKLIN, AUBURN AND COLFAX IN ...

One bad apple may not spoil the whole bunch, but when it comes to distributing food, a lot of good goes out with the bad. Now, researchers from Princeton University and Microsoft Research have ...

The harsh realities of managing the waste we produce are in the news: councils shunning new glass bins, more plastic being produced per person in the world and Sydney bins overflowing. And the growth ...