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This study is the largest and most comprehensive international review of LCA work on key materials that are often collected for recycling – paper/cardboard, plastics, aluminium, steel, glass, wood and aggregates. Of several hundred studies that were screened, 55 ‘state-of-the-art’ LCAs were selected for detailed review, comprising over 200 different …

The anthropology of garbage

Recycling is good for the environment, but it costs. Is it worth it?

At least 267 different species are known to have suffered from entanglement or ingestion of marine debris including seabirds, turtles, seals, sea lions, whales and fish. The scale of contamination of the marine environment by plastic debris is vast. It is found floating in all the world’s oceans, everywhere from …

Managing waste properly is expensive, which is why rich countries mostly do it better than poor ones

Environmental worries have transformed the waste industry, says Edward McBride. But governments’ policies remain largely incoherent.

Environmental worries have transformed the waste industry, says Edward McBride. But governments’ policies remain largely incoherent.

Recycling is good for the environment, but it costs. Is it worth it?

Managing waste properly is expensive, which is why rich countries mostly do it better than poor ones

The waste business smells of money