Modern landfills are well-engineered facilities designed to receive specific kinds of waste, including municipal solid waste (MSW), construction and demolition debris (C&D) and hazardous waste.
Sustainable Management of Food is a systematic approach that seeks to reduce wasted food and its associated impacts over the entire life cycle, starting with the use of natural resources, manufacturing, sales, and consumption and ending with decisions on recovery or final disposal.
The Clean Water Act (CWA) provides regulatory tools for states and local governments to address aquatic trash.
Sustainable materials management (SMM) is a systemic approach to using and reusing materials more productively over their entire life cycles.
Sustainable materials management (SMM) is a systemic approach to using and reusing materials more productively over their entire life cycles.
The use of electronic products has grown substantially over the past two decades, changing the way and the speed in which we communicate and how we get information and entertainment.
The National Strategy for Electronics Stewardship (NSES) provides recommendations on steps the federal government, businesses, and all Americans can take toward achieving the goals identified in Executive Order 13693, “Planning for Federal Sustainability in the Next Decade.”
Across the country, teams, fans, event planners and college campuses are saving energy, cutting waste and cleaning up at sporting events to show their commitment to the environment — a goal that has many benefits.
Across the country, teams, fans, event planners and college campuses are saving energy, cutting waste and cleaning up at sporting events to show their commitment to the environment.
By applying sustainable materials management principles to this sector, the US can reduce environmental impacts while recovering potentially lost economic revenue.
Coral reefs are among the most diverse and biologically complex ecosystems in the world.
No matter where you live, near the coast or hundreds of miles away, there are several things that you can do to keep coral reefs healthy.
