Nov. 8—A Texas company has struck an agreement to make valuable use of waste material generated at the U.S. Borax mine in Boron in eastern Kern County. CR Minerals Co. LLC announced Tuesday it plans ...

A company spokesman sees job creation, but a critic fears a hazardous waste dump. HAZLETON – The state on Monday approved the use of waste material from coal-fired electric generation plants as fill ...

About 2 billion tons of waste are discarded every year, a number that is growing annually, the equivalent to the weight of 10 million airplanes. When this waste is buried in landfills, the organic ...

Construction waste comes in many forms. From scrap materials such as wood, brick, metal and asphalt during construction to broken glass, concrete and rocks during demolition. Some of these materials ...

Producing sustainable materials and products demands constant analysis of how we conserve resources and manage waste effectively. This unfolds within a scenario where the environmental impacts of ...

At the recycling center, powerful magnets will pull out steel. Spinning drums will toss aluminum into bins. Copper wires will get neatly bundled up for resale. But as the conveyor belt keeps rolling, ...

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