It started like any routine pickup. Then, refuse workers were dodging smoke and flames pouring from the back of their truck. The culprit? A single vape battery tossed in the wrong bin. According to ...

After experiencing three garbage-truck fires in six weeks, officials in Australia have sounded the alarm on the disposing of lithium-ion batteries in the trash or curbside recycling, according to ...

While plastic recycling has been around for decades, the technology has not always been accessible to communities in remote locations. This has led to the prevalence of plastic pollution and the ...