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Dating back to World War II, recycling represented the strength, innovation and stability of American democracy.

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Talks aimed at a global treaty to cut plastic pollution fizzled in Geneva this week, with no agreement to meaningfully reduce the harms to human health and the environment that come with the millions ...

“Reduce, reuse, recycle.” For more than 50 years, those three Rs have been the world’s go-to environmental mantra. On the face of it, the three Rs sound like an empowering call for each of us to play ...

Reduce, reuse, recycle, and rethink can be applied in Canadian operating rooms (ORs) to increase environmental sustainability, advises a new guideline published in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association ...

Every experiment produces results—and byproducts. Plastics, solvents, and energy use add up quickly in research settings, but a growing number of laboratories are showing that waste doesn’t have to be ...

There are many causes of climate change. One example is cutting down trees. This is a problem that some people don’t know about. Carbon dioxide is released from the trunk when it breaks down or gets ...

Talks aimed at a global treaty to cut plastic pollution fizzled in Geneva this week, with no agreement to meaningfully reduce the harms to human health and the environment that come with the millions ...

"Reduce, reuse, recycle." For more than 50 years, those three Rs have been the world's go-to environmental mantra. Subscribe to our newsletter for the latest sci-tech news updates. On the face of it, ...