That has a high impact on the environment. Waste management process involves the collection, transportation, disposal, and recycling of waste materials. Failure in proper management leads to landfills ...

A new art work at Science Gallery London explores the history, engineering, geography and science of human waste in the ...

Researchers at the University of São Paulo (USP) in Brazil have developed a novel nanotechnology-based solution for the ...

A new study suggests that human waste, both treated and untreated, is responsible for the waterway impairment in Delaware watersheds.

Delaware has numerous inland waterways with high microbial impairment from unknown sources. Now, a new study suggests that ...

The quality of New York’s drinking water—and the complex system that delivers it to each New Yorker’s tap—has long been a ...

The golf-ball-size debris that closed beaches across the Australian city wasn't tar balls as first thought. It was made up of decomposed cooking oils, hair and food waste.

Thousands of mysterious blobs that closed several Sydney beaches last month have been revealed to contain materials ...

Wastewater treatment fails to kill several human pathogens when they hide out on microplastics in the water, according to a new study.

The organic components likewise are comprised of naturally decomposing substances like human hair and food waste. Each ball ...

The biggest challenges facing water today. Water faces challenges in three key areas: climate change, infrastructure, and ...

However, “markers of human faecal waste, such as epicoprostanol and recreational drug residues like THC (from marijuana) and ...