KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 21 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - The proportion of raw materials the world is reusing has fallen, researchers said on Tuesday, warning of a "global disaster" as annual consumption ...

Reuse. This one word expresses so much we all need to consider. In using items again and again, we both help to limit our waste and lessen exploitation of our resources. Gainesville city commissioners ...

For years she worked for her general contractor grandfather and eventually headed up the family business herself in San Francisco. But the amount of waste from teardowns and remodels over time began ...

Living in the world’s most powerful consumer economy is a wonderful thing in many ways. But an underrecognized downside of American life is the reality that far too many products are discarded well ...

A paper describing the circular economy as a vital enabler for the sustainable use of resources to achieve the UN agenda for SDGs was published in the journal ...

An aircraft can be recycled at 89-91% in weight, but the proportion will not increase until plastic and composite materials can be recycled in greater volumes. Credit: Remy Michelin Converging trends ...

Southeast Missouri State University is using old cooking and motor oil in unconventional ways to make the university more self-sustaining. The facilities management at Southeast is experimenting with ...

India, Feb. 12 -- IIT Roorkee - Recent research emerging from theIndian Institute of Technology Roorkee (IIT Roorkee)highlights the growing role of academic institutions in addressing complex ...