A trip to the thrift store may yield some valuable Chinese pottery finds, so it's worth knowing how to distinguish them based on markings, colors, and more.

The University of Chicago Press awarded the 2026 Gordon J. Laing Award to Assoc. Prof. Sarah Newman for her book Unmaking ...

The world is struggling to deal with ever-growing quantities of waste. A new World Bank Group report, What a Waste 3.0, shows that more than 2.6 billion tonnes of municipal solid waste (which includes ...

Intrinsic Foundries is developing an algae-based carbon capture and utilisation platform to convert industrial waste streams ...

A type of firefighting foam still kept on hand at some airports and known to contain high levels of PFAS — or “forever chemicals” — has become the target of a mandated cleanup effort in New Mexico, ...

For the entire history of the food stamps program (SNAP) the federal government has paid for all the benefits. Starting this ...

The world is facing a growing waste challenge linked to unsustainable production and consumption, with humanity generating up to 2.3 billion tonnes of municipal solid waste each year. This year’s ...

A lifelong fan musicals ranks some of the worst, most embarrassing movies in the genre, including Cats, Dear Evan Hansen, and ...

One hundred years after it was conducted, the first full census of independent Ireland is being released for free online.

For this year’s International Day of Zero Waste, the focus is on food – what we eat, what we waste, and how we can move towards a more circular future. The world wastes food on a staggering scale.

Cumberland Council missed the March 31 deadline requiring it to deliver weekly food waste collections for all homes and won’t ...

Chris Aquilino, director of culinary at Elior North America, says that those expensive single-purpose appliances are ...