This was for the first time that the “end-of-life fate” of plastic around the globe, which had ever been manufactured, had been calculated. The authors did so by collating data on production, use, and ...

A multimillion-dollar government project is betting that particle accelerators can "burn" through the world's most dangerous ...

A new study determines that just four policies can reduce mismanaged plastic waste -- plastic that isn't recycled or properly disposed of and ends up as pollution -- by 91% and plastic-related ...

Solutions to the plastic waste crisis are often pitched using words that can skew value judgments, new research argues. The ...

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Liquid crystal monomers (LCMs) are critical components of laptop, television, and smartphone screens. Given their ubiquity in the environment, these compounds are considered persistent pollutants, ...

Nuclear waste has become a kind of cultural shorthand for everything people fear about atomic power, from glowing green sludge to warnings that we are burdening distant descendants with our mistakes.

The Delhi government will establish new biomedical waste treatment facilities to increase disposal capacity to 46 tonnes daily, addressing rising pollution concerns. These facilities will use advanced ...

The Central Pollution Control Board reported to the National Green Tribunal that 17 states and Union Territories lack e-waste recycling facilities. While Delhi does not track interstate e-waste ...