DENPASAR/JAKARTA: With its sandy beaches and lush paddy fields, Bali has long been sold as Indonesia’s picture-perfect island paradise. But to locals, especially those living in southern Bali, their ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. As Tennessee landfills, like the one pictured here, fill up, state lawmakers are considering dialing back a law giving local ...

Nearly a billion pounds of plastic film mulch is used in American agriculture each year, and most of it is dumped into landfills. New research from Washington State University shows that recycling ...

SURPRISE, AZ (AZFamily) — A landfill fire continues to burn in the West Valley, and it could be several days before it’s extinguished. The fire broke out around 7 a.m. Friday at WM’s Northwest ...

Alzheimer's disease is a progressive and permanent loss of nerve cells in the brain. The breakdown causes memory loss, ...

Oak Ridge teams are processing decades-old radioactive waste months ahead of schedule to reduce environmental risk.

Every day, some 50,000 gallons of potentially toxic wastewater collect inside the Shoosmith Landfill, a deteriorating dump in Chesterfield County whose owner has gone bankrupt and whose cleanup could ...

PLAINFIELD TWP., Pa. -- A major landfill expansion is again proposed in Plainfield Township, Northampton County, but first, the township supervisors have to agree to rezone the land. The company ...

Food waste may become a powerful climate tool thanks to tiny reusable beads that capture carbon directly from the air.

Mattias Wallander is the CEO of USAgain, a clothing and textiles recycling company. As the chief executive of a textile reuse company, I spend a lot of time thinking about what happens to clothes ...

Researchers have discovered a previously unknown enzyme that plays a crucial role in fat production. By blocking it, they stopped weight gain, reduced liver damage, and lowered harmful cholesterol ...

CHESTERFIELD COUNTY, Va. (WRIC) — A toxic wastewater crisis in Chesterfield County that could cost taxpayers $173 million to clean up has prompted a Virginia lawmaker to demand answers following the ...