Seeking to call attention to the Garbage Patch, massive oceanic gyres filled with discarded plastic, the United Nations recently granted it statehood....More
Using a bicycle and a simple device to process copper wire for recycling in a bid to rescue workers in poor parts of the world from exposure to....More
The Fertile Earth Foundation, a nonprofit based in Miami Beach, Fla., was not content to simply raise awareness about composting. They wanted SEX....More
Steven Averett joined the Waste Age staff in February 2006. Since then he has helped the magazine expand its coverage and garner a range of awards from FOLIO, the American Society of Business...
Allan Gerlat joined the Waste Age staff in September 2011 as news editor. He was the editor of Waste & Recycling News for the first 16 years of its history, and under his guidance the...
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