Our research on apartments and plastic use in four cities—Melbourne, London, Barcelona and Perth—found apartments present extra challenges for waste production, collection, sorting and disposal. Our ...

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 volunteer helps sort domestic waste at a community in Chaoyang district in Beijing in May 2021. LI XIN/XINHUA Despite standout success in a few major cities, China's national garbage-sorting ...

The Healthcare Plastics Recycling Council (HPRC) – Europe has released a new case study titled Unlocking Recycling Potential: Automated Sorting Trials of Medical Plastic Waste, research building upon ...

Around the world, cities and recycling facilities are increasingly turning to artificial intelligence to transform how waste is processed — and not just to clean up the planet. Innovative AI systems ...

China started small-scale trials of waste sorting in 2000, but landfill sites and unmanaged waste continued to encircle cities and local people protested plans to build more incinerators. Gradually, ...

Stakeholders in environmental sector have renewed calls for stronger collaboration, stricter policy enforcement and active public participation to address mounting waste management challenges in Lagos ...