Editor’s Note: This article was originally published by Investigate Midwest, an independent, nonprofit newsroom. The cool morning spring breeze hit Saundra Traywick “like a punch to the face.” Walking ...

An estimated 1,650 hikers poop each year on Colorado’s tallest and busiest 14er. And because what those hikers do with their waste can have widespread environmental and human impacts, PACT Outdoors, a ...

A new study from University of Delaware researchers has found that the most significant source of pollution in three inland waterways in Sussex County is human waste. This adds to existing concern, as ...

This story was originally published by Investigate Midwest. The cool morning spring breeze hit Saundra Traywick “like a punch to the face.” Walking through her wooded 38-acre donkey farm in central ...

“The sewer is the conscience of the city. Everything there converges and confronts everything else.” -Victor Hugo, The Intestine of Leviathan With the Paris Olympics in full swing, athletes are being ...

Refuse-derived fuel (RDF) — conglomerated waste often composed of up to 50% plastic — is being burned globally in waste-to-energy incinerators, cement kilns, paper mills, and by other industries.

The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency is investigating how loads containing infectious human and animal waste ended up at the Ramsey/Washington Recycling and Energy Center in Newport. Employees at ...

After more than 40 years and 1,200 holes, Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks has dug its last pit latrine on the Smith River.