Integrated Processing of Food Waste and PLA Packaging in the UAE: Pilot Project for Biogas and Composting

In September 2026, the UAE biomaterials company Emirates Biotech and the United Arab Emirates University (UAEU) launched a ...

Landfill tonnages are increasing even as facilities close, EREF finds

The Environmental Research & Education Foundation tallied open U.S. landfills for a report last month. It also previewed new ...
The Conversation

Here’s how wastewater facilities could tackle food waste, generate energy and slash emissions

Most Australian food waste ends up in landfill. Rotting in the absence of oxygen produces methane, a potent greenhouse gas. While some facilities capture this “landfill gas” to produce energy, or burn ...
Waste Today

Identifying and preventing organic waste contamination

How upstream organic waste contamination affects organics diversion, recovery efficiency, depackaging and processing outcomes at composting and anaerobic digestion facilities.
StarTribune

Hennepin County officials say proposed anaerobic digester too expensive, prompting a look at other options for organic waste

Hennepin County has given up on building an anaerobic digester to process residents’ compostable trash because the cost is too high and other options exist to deal with organic waste. In a Jan. 16 ...