Crustaceans (Crabs, Lobster, Shrimp) are a delicious category of seafood, but their shells can yield a biopolymer with myriad potential uses Overall, our modern food system does a good job of ...

The 10-foot-high pile of what looks like dirt at the back of a lot at the Stonington transfer station doesn’t seem much different from any of the other piles nearby. But it is. And to Dave Aldridge ...

About 98% of lignin created as a forestry by-product from plants is discarded, but a new enzyme could be the key to extracting high-value molecules from this waste using a green chemistry approach. A ...

Over the last few years, mixed waste processing plants have been installed in many areas of the country. These mixed waste material recovery facilities (MRFs) use similar equipment and processes as ...

As landfills across the U.S. near capacity, innovators are utilizing technology to clean up the waste stream. Cary Council Member Jennifer Robinson joined the “Waste to Advanced Resources Matter” ...

Researchers want to create energy conversion technologies designed to mine the carbon out of waste processes that traditionally have been an environmental burden to the planet. According to the U.S.

WOODINVILLE — At Waste Management’s Cascade Recycling Center, humans and machines toil at a frantic pace to keep cardboard, plastics and aluminum out of the landfill. Things have become more hectic.

Cheery mural-painted dumpsters, trash-themed movie nights, and excavators dressed up as reindeer for the holidays aren’t normally found at an industrial waste management facility. But that’s all ...

The 10-foot-high pile of what looks like dirt at the back of a lot at the Stonington transfer station doesn’t seem much different from any of the other piles nearby. But it is. And to Dave Aldridge ...

Editor’s note: This story was originally published on May 22, 2022. Read more of CT Mirror’s “Best of 2022” stories here. The 10-foot-high pile of what looks like dirt at the back of a lot at the ...