Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Monica Sanders covers climate justice and sustainability from the DMV. Every second, Americans throw away enough trash to fill ...

The increasing reliance on battery-powered devices plays a substantial role in the unfolding environmental crisis. With industries and consumers dependent on single-use and rechargeable batteries, the ...

You've probably seen it before—leftover food that could have been used, just being thrown away at a restaurant. It happens more often than you think. Every year, restaurants generate millions of tons ...

Nuclear waste. We've all heard about it, but what is it? Is it a problem without a solution? How big is the problem? And what exactly is this waste and why is it so important? New Atlas takes a look ...

One-third of all food produced for humans annually is lost to waste. The decomposing matter produces half of all the emissions generated by the global agrifood system. What if, instead of focusing ...

A pilot project in Georgia is addressing one of the home insulation industry's most persistent sustainability challenges — the disposal of hard-to-recycle plastic packaging that typically ends up in ...

This article was submitted as part of the Global Voices Climate Justice fellowship, which pairs journalists from Sinophone and Global Majority countries to investigate the effects of Chinese ...