Scientists study enzymes to recycle PET plastics, aiming to reduce waste and create sustainable recycling methods.

Among the various plastic recycling methods being explored, one promising approach is biological plastic recycling, also ...

Cutinases are fungal enzymes that naturally degrade plant cuticles and show promise for recycling plastics. However, they ...

Bacillus sp. CL14 produced proteases with diverse substrates using hydrolyzed feather meal, linseed flour and canola meal. The crude enzyme was successfully applied to hydrolyze the gelatin layer in ...

NEW DELHI: One of Delhi’s three garbage mountains — the Okhla landfill — is supposed to be flattened in the next four months. But where is the waste going? In an open piece of land nearly 10km away, a ...

LANSING, MI — Opponents of a controversial metro Detroit area hazardous waste landfill have filed an administrative appeal that seeks to overturn the state’s expansion approval. The March 24 filing ...

The continuous inflow of municipal waste from Faridabad to Gurugram’s Bandhwari landfill has emerged as a growing financial and environmental concern for the Municipal Corporation of Gurugram (MCG), ...

Researchers at the organization predict disposal firms and recyclers will have more than 3.8 billion metric tons of discarded materials to handle in 2050—or 50 percent more than today. Landfill ...

The first 7.5-ton container of radioactive waste turned into a stable glass form was carefully set on the bottom of a vast new landfill at Hanford in Eastern Washington Wednesday, its permanent ...

Researchers at the University of Toronto have identified how certain bacteria can be guided ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) -Rutherford County’s Middle Point Landfill has been hit with multiple new violations as efforts continue to verticalize the site, which has had thousands of odor complaints.