Much of the U.S. uses single-stream recycling, where plastic, glass and paper go into one bin. Here’s what happens to that material and ways engineering is trying to improve the process ...

In the settlement approved last week, Sun Bum was ordered by the court to pay $300,000 in civil penalties and to stop false ...

The industrially ravaged Gowanus Canal, long regarded as a symbol of urban environmental ... As a hub of heavy industry, various mills, petroleum and chemical plants have lined the canal banks.

Commemorations of the end of the Vietnam war are happening, but US diplomats in Hanoi are not likely to attend.

GOTS ensures the use of organic materials that are free from harmful chemicals. This mattress certification encompasses the ...

While serving as ambassador to Czechoslovakia, he worked to shield the writer and dissident Vaclav Havel, who became the ...

PVC also degrades easily, and melting can release toxic fumes during recycling, contaminating other materials and making it unsafe to process in standard recycling facilities. Symbol 4 – Low ...

Half a century after the end of America's attempt to stop South Vietnam falling to the communist regime in the north, there ...

Iconic Italian star Monica Vitti is a stateside tribute with the posthumous festival “Monica Vitti: La Modernista,” presented ...

“When I cross the finish line, I just think it will be a symbol of everything ... torn rotator cuffs, chemical burns from firefighting agents and long-term exposure to toxic substances.

Utah’s Great Salt Lake, once a shimmering inland sea almost as large as Delaware, is shrinking at a staggering pace. Where water once stretched to the horizon, bone-dry lakebed is now exposed, crusted ...