Like much of the Western world, Canada is facing a crisis in waste disposal as landfills reach their capacity. In Ontario, a live countdown gives municipal landfills just eight more years before they ...

Should you use your old VHS collection to insulate your home? Researchers at the U.K.'s University to Brighton are about to find out. They've created a "Waste House"—a building made of 85 percent ...

Dear Eartha, I have some old paint and electronics in my house that I need to get rid of, but I feel bad throwing them away. Are there options to recycle household items? It’s that time of the year.

Think about everything you toss in the trash every day. “We live in consumer America, so it can be difficult to completely make your lifestyle zero-waste,” said Tara Gupta, founder of the Anamakos ...

Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), who touted House Democratic efforts to crack down on wasteful spending last year, won’t say how much the initiative would save taxpayers. Last April, the Speaker fired ...

American households waste, on average, almost a third of the food they acquire, according to economists, who say this wasted food has an estimated aggregate value of $240 billion annually. Divided ...