Humans have generated over 2 billion tons of solid waste, meaning each person produces about 0.74 kilograms of waste per day, with waste generation expected to increase by about 70 percent in 2050, ...

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The Department of Energy is changing the way it classifies radioactive waste at Hanford and two other cleanup sites, which could change the standards for treating and disposing of some Hanford waste.

Radioactive waste is waste type containing radioactive chemical elements that does not have a practical purpose. It is sometimes the product of a nuclear process, such as nuclear fission. The majority ...

The largest waste disposal site at the US Department of Energy's Idaho National Laboratory has received its final shipment of radioactive waste, meaning work can now begin on the closure of the ...

Environmentalists are sounding alarms over a multi-year plan to dig up highly volatile sludge at a toxic chemical dump in Bridgewater, New Jersey. The American Cyanamid Superfund site has long been ...

Aldi has announced a 57% reduction in its food waste*, meaning it has hit its 2030 target eight years early. The UK’s fourth-largest supermarket announced this latest milestone as it published its ...