Every year, a familiar rumor circulates campus, “Marquette doesn’t actually recycle.” Students claim that the contents of ...

The waste crisis is devastating our planet. A lot of the stuff we throw gets dumped in landfills. These massive waste disposal sites are often created by destroying forests or inhabitable lands. For ...

Through the efforts of the Hanley Sustainability Institute, the University of Dayton has been improving its waste management each year. In 2024, HSI Summer Fellow Lia Schmidt piloted a new recycling ...

The world is producing more waste than ever – and struggling to deal with it. Globally, around 2.01 billion tonnes of municipal solid waste (rubbish collected by local governments) are generated each ...

A new technical proposal for EU harmonised waste sorting labels has been published by the European Commission’s Joint Research Centre (JRC) to support implementation of the Packaging and Packaging ...

IVL Swedish Environmental Research Institute says mechanical recycling of plastic offers climate benefits. “The results of the study show that high-quality recycling through advanced sorting is better ...