Some U.S. manufacturers are turning trash into treasure after a Chinese ban on imported waste flooded American scrapyards with paper and plastic.

Twelve major cities including London, Paris, Los Angeles and Cape Town promised on Monday to buy only zero-emissions buses from 2025 and to make major areas free of fossil fuel emissions by 2030 to protect the environment.

The coffee chain sends 8,000 non-recyclable cups to landfill every minute worldwide.

EXCLUSIVE: The Procter & Gamble (P&G) Company's new Fairy Ocean Plastic Bottle serves to highlight a "totally new supply chain and approach" to incorporating post-consumer recycled (PCR) plastic into products, as the firm closes in on a 2020 packaging target. - edie news centre

Researchers in British Columbia find an average of 8 plastic microfibers per delicious bivalve.

Hiring a chief sustainability officer is only the beginning of a journey.

More than 40 Catholic institutions will make largest ever faith-based divestment, on the anniversary of the death of St Francis of Assisi

A generational shift in whether nonprofits or for-profits are better suited to effect change.

Morgan Stanley and Citigroup Inc. announced they will get all of their energy from renewables in a few years, another show of corporate support for climate action running counter to U.S. President Donald Trump’s view on the issue.

The US EPA has been releasing little information on the toxic impact of Hurricane Harvey, but the Coast Guard is adding up the numbers -- and sharing them.

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau called on world leaders to build clean economies to help tackle climate change, seeking to bolster support for the Paris agreement that the U.S. wants to renegotiate or leave.

The building standards come as New York attempts to abide by the Paris climate deal.

NASA images show the remarkable transformation from verdant to bare as the northern Caribbean's vegetation proved no match for the storm.

A KPMG survey of 4,900 companies globally reveals many large and mid-cap firms fail to disclose the climate-related risks they face.

Online electronic recycling retailers have found a way to both capture some of this equipment before it hits the landfill and make a profit at the same time.

According to Ford, the use of soy-derived foam instead of such material made out of petroleum has prevented 288 million pounds of carbon from entering the atmosphere.

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The U.S., which recycles lots of paper and plastic, is getting blocked by its biggest customer, which now has enough of its own; ‘It’s backing up right now as we speak.’

Under a new state law, towns and counties in New York must devise ways to share services and operations in order to save money and cut property taxes.

Adrian Grenier and Lonely Whale Foundation’s campaign went far towards the goal of eliminating the 500-million plastic straws used daily in the US. Now voting is open for which city will be next.

Target announced that by 2020, it will only source cotton from sustainable sources for its national brands in apparel, home products and other goods. The retailer said it will work with suppliers to improve their performance on water, chemical use, labor issues and soil health.

The Renew program, the details of which are on display at a gallery in Brooklyn, asks for customers' old Eileen Fisher clothing back, then either resells them used or breaks down the fabric into new garments.

The pop-up events were so successful that the outdoor clothing retailer has made them permanent.

Nicaragua, which refused to sign in protest of a weak global climate agreement, says it’s now joining.

China’s failure to bring air quality up to global standards is shaving years off the lives of its citizens: 3½ years on average, to be precise.