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California’s Draft Zero Waste Plan (the Draft Plan) lays out an ambitious strategy to eliminate waste and transform material use, reuse, and management across the state. For businesses—including ...

India, Jan. 22 -- Agriculture and food waste is one of the most pressing sustainability challenges of our time, representing ...

As the world grapples with the twin crises of climate change and environmental degradation, experts have reaffirmed the role of circular economy principles in building a sustainable, zero-waste future ...

The study focuses on Hengshui City, a national pilot for China’s “zero-waste city” initiative, which generates 4 million tons of livestock manure annually. By carrying out the construction of the ...

The first R&D center for waste recycling in the Southern Taiwan Science Park "UMC has invested in Taiwan for more than four decades, including in our flagship Fab 12A, the manufacturing and R&D hub ...

The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) has issued a report forecasting municipal solid waste (MSW) levels to rise globally by two thirds. As have previous UNEP efforts and messages, the ...

The Contra Costa County Administration Building in Martinez, Calif., is the world’s first public project to achieve the zero-waste-focused TRUE Gold certification for construction. The TRUE ...

Brussels-based association Zero Waste Europe is developing a project to empower community groups across Europe to challenge wasteful products and facilitate stakeholder collaboration on their redesign ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Kaila Yu is an LA-based luxury food, travel and culture journalist. According to the United Nations, an estimated 19% food of all ...