Learn about the impacts of effective waste management

Over 200 million pounds of turkey is tossed every Thanksgiving. Learn how to donate food and reduce household waste.

All businesses generate emissions. Discover ways to reduce your carbon footprint through recycling, reuse, and more.

New York City produces 14 million tons of waste annually, but recycling rates remain low compared to other major cities.

Waste diversion measures the portion of waste produced by a business sent somewhere other than landfill or incinerators.

The zero-waste movement focuses on resource conservation through responsible production, consumption, reuse, and recovery.

Waste trucks must become more sustainable to meet US climate goals of cutting emissions by 50-52% by 2030.

The US produced 600 million tons of C&D waste in 2018, double the quantity of Municipal Solid Waste produced that year.