Bacillus sp. CL14 produced proteases with diverse substrates using hydrolyzed feather meal, linseed flour and canola meal.

A new study shows that combining biochar with beneficial microbes can significantly speed up composting of municipal solid ...

CPCB advises against using bio-enzymes for cleaning natural water bodies due to ecological risks and lack of scientific ...

Glassified radioactive waste is going into a lined landfill at Hanford.

On many coastlines around the world, piles of discarded oyster and mussel shells are a common sight—the leftovers of a global ...

A trio of researchers from the University of São Paulo (USP) and São Paulo State University (UNESP) in Brazil has developed a ...

A new study from Cornell University reveals that human and animal waste could theoretically ...

Researchers have identified more than 600,000 microbial proteins capable of breaking down natural and synthetic plastics, ...

The review process to replace the Countryside landfill in Grayslake with a waste transfer station is set to begin. Waste Management of Illinois, which has operated Countryside for more than 30 years, ...

LANSING, MI — Opponents of a controversial metro Detroit area hazardous waste landfill have filed an administrative appeal that seeks to overturn the state’s expansion approval. The March 24 filing ...

BENZONIA — A community organization in Benzonia is working to reduce environmental waste by transforming old fabrics into new designs. FiberShed successfully diverted more than 3,000 pounds of ...

Every day, food scraps disappear into trash bags, are hauled away and forgotten. But that waste could be turned into something productive. Across the United States, about 97 million metric tons of ...