Ruihong Zhang, a UC Davis professor of biological and agricultural engineering, has been working on her anaerobic digester technology for the past decade. Technology invented by a University of ...

By converting waste materials into eco-friendly, high-value fuels, we can close resource loops, reduce dependence on fossil ...

Waste360 asked three waste and recycling experts for their thoughts on what we might expect in the next few years. Here’s ...

RIT researchers have a full plate when it comes to identifying creative and innovative ways to mitigate food waste. The stakes are tremendous. Faced with a growing world population and a shrinking ...

While the word “sustainability” tends to surface thoughts around curbing CO 2 emissions and the corresponding targets and goals, there are other aspects of industrial environments that contribute to ...

With the advent of the Internet of Things, it may seem that technology can make virtually anything "smart." We hear regularly about intelligent transportation systems, electrical grids and vehicles.

Food waste is a big problem. About a third of all food in the United States never gets eaten. It gets thrown out—whether it’s expired products off a grocery store shelf, food scraps from a restaurant, ...

Construction waste is a massive problem; it accounts for up to 30 percent of all waste generated worldwide, and is expected to reach 2.2 billion tons globally by 2025. With as much as 30 percent of ...