Waste management

The EPA Waste Reduction Model (WARM) is an indispensable tool for municipal leaders, waste-management professionals, environmental engineers, and other stakeholders...

The U.S. National Park Service (NPS) faces a waste management quandary: it aims for a zero-landfill future, yet visitors deposit...

Zoos and aquariums face tremendous opportunities (and expectations) for creating eco-friendly waste management programs. The public expects these institutions to...

Too many sanitation workers end up injured — or worse — on the job. Refuse and recycling collectors have long...

Health care waste exposes hospital workers to greater risks than more typical waste-streams, and the staff who regularly handle, clean...

Hospitals and laboratories face complex challenges with safe medical waste management. Besides generating recycling, compost, and landfill garbage, these medical...

Waste management is a big part of property management, especially at commercial buildings with tenants who want to focus on...

Special events can be huge economic drivers for municipalities, venues, and food service providers — but they also come with...

When you think about renewable energy in waste management, the first thing that comes to mind is biogas. But how...

The largest outdoor music festivals bring hundreds of thousands of revelers together to eat, drink, dance — and discard their...