UBC Okanagan researchers have created a new two-layer membrane filtration system that can significantly reduce the amount of ...

America’s landfills—and the environmental havoc they create—are sizable. There are roughly 1,200 landfills currently in operation, and on average, each one takes up about 600 acres of land, the ...

New research explains how the Bristol Virginia Solid Waste Landfill has undergone a significant transformation into an elevated temperature landfill. Elevated temperature landfills are a specific type ...

Americans make 294 million tons of trash every year. About half of that goes straight to landfills. According to the Environmental Protection Agency, the most common material sent to landfills is food ...