In urban settings, where soil fertility and water access can be limited, urine has gained quiet traction among permaculturists and eco-conscious gardeners. Once seen as taboo, human urine is quietly ...

Pollution and waste, climate change and biodiversity loss are creating a triple planetary crisis. In response, UN Environment Program executive director Inger Andersen has called for waste to be ...

Toronto-based Waste to Resource Ontario (W2RO), which represents the waste management, recycling and resource recovery sectors in Ontario, has elected Samuel Glofcheskie and Michael Leopold as board ...

Opinions expressed by Digital Journal contributors are their own. Plastics are everywhere — in packaging, construction, electronics, and almost every corner of daily life. But they don’t break down ...

The clean energy revolution has a hidden problem: billions of electric vehicle batteries are on a countdown to die. Each car carries hundreds to thousands of battery cells, and with nearly 20 million ...

In my first six months as executive director for SWACO, I’ve spent time speaking to our employees and visiting and sharing our vision of SWACO with our local partners, and I’m energized about the ...

Earlier this year, SWACO conducted a poll among 1,300 Franklin County residents to understand current and future behaviors and desires for waste reduction, recycling and composting activities. For us ...

When recyclers drop in or drop off their recyclables, they might not realize that in addition to diverting trash from the landfill, they also are supporting jobs, consumers and our economy. Ohioans ...

Many companies hope to make bioprocessing greener. One is Genentech’s increasing use of recycling and sustainable energy. Beyond recycling, bioprocessors might reuse waste. More than powering Doc ...

What began as a local government effort to keep communities clean has evolved into a community-driven waste diversion program where discarded plastic bottles and scrap clothing are transformed into ...

Through our public-private partnerships, the Solid Waste Authority of Central Ohio pursues innovative solutions while also saving public resources. This is a track record upon which we hope to expand.