Topic
Waste Management
3 stories about Waste Management that passed the news check, newest first.
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Helping Montreal and other cities keep more institutional and commercial food waste out of the dump
Businesses and institutions in about 6% of Montreal's mapped area send roughly 100,000 metric tons of food waste to landfill each year.
Earth News - Earth Science News, Earth Science, Climate Change
Research ·
What keeps people recycling for decades? One town offers clues
Most recycling programs require the same daily sorting effort for years, and they need rules and bins to start.
Earth.com
Research ·
Landfill leachate tests reveal divergent fates of biodegradable plastics
Experiments using landfill leachate found that plastics labeled "biodegradable" differ widely in how fast they break down.
Chemistry News - Biochemistry, Polymers, Materials Science