Scientists at Germany’s University of Oldenburg are preparing to turn green waste, hay and algae into fully biodegradable ...

Waste management officials for Ramsey and Washington counties said Monday that multiple medical facilities are improperly sending infectious waste to its recycling facility. Ramsey/Washington ...

“Infectious” waste from blood, needles, and possible body parts are showing up at an east metro recycling center. The Ramsey/Washington Recycling & Energy center had to pause operations on Monday ...

The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. When you give blood to be tested at the doctor’s office, what happens to your sample when the tests are ...

WISCONSIN (WDJT) -- A new bill introduced in the state Legislature would require women to collect their abortion waste. Rep. Lindee Brill says she believes abortion waste is contaminating our water, ...

MADISON, Wis. (WLUK) -- Wisconsin Republicans are introducing a new bill that has sparked debate over medical waste from abortion pills. The legislation is called "Clean Water for All Life." It would ...

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Nursing homes handle everything from wound care to medication injections daily, meaning they produce a steady flow of medical waste — especially used needles and contaminated dressings. Managing all ...

A boy removing oil spilled on Itapuama beach, in Cabo de Santo Agostinho, Pernambuco State, Brazil. After a two year investigation police have said a Greek-flagged ...

Sabic has collaborated with Zuyderland Medical Center in the Netherlands to transform medical plastic waste into new contact-sensitive packaging materials, marking a breakthrough in healthcare ...

Bio-tar, once seen as a toxic waste, can be transformed into bio-carbon with applications in clean energy and environmental protection. This innovation could reduce emissions, create profits, and ...

Annotating regions of interest in medical images, a process known as segmentation, is often one of the first steps clinical researchers take when running a new study involving biomedical images. For ...