Trash is a massive carbon offender. Whether it sits in a landfill or burns in an incinerator, trash releases harmful greenhouse gases. And much of that waste could be repurposed or recycled, if only ...

Despite the well-known environmental benefits of recycling, it’s estimated that less than 10% of the world’s plastic gets recycled. Ganiga Innovation looks to bring that percentage up using AI-enabled ...

Stale bread. A surplus of scrambled eggs. Unused broccoli stems. Much of the detritus regularly carted from Yale’s dining hall kitchens doesn’t end up in the landfill — instead, it is taken to a ...

One bad apple may not spoil the whole bunch, but when it comes to distributing food, a lot of good goes out with the bad. Now, researchers from Princeton University and Microsoft Research have ...

Plastic containers contaminated with food or drink residues are typically unsuitable for recycling and often end up in landfill.