By Valerie Volcovici, May 4th 2022 WASHINGTON, May 4 (Reuters) – The rate of plastic waste recycling in the United States fell to between 5%-6% in 2021 as some countries stopped accepting U.S. waste exports and as plastic waste generation surged to new highs, according to a report released on Wednesday.

On Wednesday evening, April 27th 2022, the King County Solid Waste Division (SWD) held a virtual meeting to provide an update on the expansion and operation of the Cedar Hills landfill, an exercise that can best be described as attempting to put lipstick on a pig. The landfill, originally slated

Particles discovered in tissue of 11 out of 13 patients undergoing surgery, with polypropylene and PET most common By Damian Carrington, Environment editor, April 6, 2022 Microplastic pollution has been discovered lodged deep in the lungs of living people for the first time. The particles were found in almost all

Sustainable waste management supporters have called previous environmental impact statements a “boondoggle.” By Cameron SheppardWednesday, March 23, 2022 3:00pm King County’s main landfill continues to draw criticism amid talks of addressing long-term garbage disposal options. King County’s Solid Waste Division issued a final Environmental Impact Statement for the Cedar Hills Regional

Posted Monday, March 7, 2022 4:49 pm By Julie McDonald / For The Chronicle When I heard about plans for spreading biosludge on Layton Prairie, I cringed.  For more than three decades, I listened to my sister-in-law Linda Zander recount the dangers of human waste spread on agricultural land that she said destroyed