A new Yale-led study indicates that we’re disposing of more than twice as much solid waste as we thought we were. The Yale researchers use a more direct method based on numbers reported by the ...

Municipal solid waste (MSW) recycling programs are highly localized activities, where materials are collected, sorted, processed, and converted into raw materials for the production of new products.

The amount of municipal waste being disposed of in the US is more than double – 262 million tonnes (metric tons) versus 122 million tonnes in 2012 – previous estimates, our new study shows. We also ...