Across India, the walls of slum communities are springing to life with concepts etched into them through drawings, graphics, ...

The school bell had rung five minutes earlier. Its echo had long dissolved into the midday air, swallowed by the familiar noise of a Ghanaian school in motion ...

Plastic is one of the most durable materials humans have ever made. That durability has made it indispensable in medicine, ...

Every day, food scraps disappear into trash bags, are hauled away and forgotten. But that waste could be turned into something productive. Across the United States, about 97 million metric tons of ...

A new Netflix documentary explores whether cutting out plastic can improve our health. But it’s hardly a perfect experiment.

Chemicals in plastics are related to increased risk of heart attacks, strokes, infertility, breast cancer, and more health ...

Every day, the average American throws away over 4.9 pounds of trash. Much of this could be reused, repaired, or reimagined. Waste reduction and upcycling (or reuse) are two powerful ways to save ...

Fiber-reinforced concrete overlays are an incredibly effective means of extending the service life of a floor while maintaining operational continuity.

Think twice before throwing out spent printer cartridges. These little devices are highly recyclable, keeping plastics and other contaminants out of landfills.

Jason Chun is a CNET writer covering a range of topics in tech, home, wellness, finance and streaming services. He is passionate about language and technology, and has been an avid writer/reader of ...