Landfill waste

Award-winning filmmaker Alison Teal, 27, from Hawaii, visited Thilafushi – or Trash Island - an artificial island created as a municipal landfill situated to the west of Malé.

Eventually, items we cannot use any more become waste. Most waste items end up in a landfill.

America's food waste problem is a national issue, but small steps can make a difference.

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A partnership between a nonprofit and a waste-management company in Mobile, Alabama has already diverted 2.8 million oyster shells from landfill.

The world produces more than 3.5 million tons of garbage a day — and that figure is growing.

BBC Earth tells you all about about where your returned goods end up and what can be done to combat this unnecessary and damaging waste.

Where does your trash go once it leaves your trash can? (Hint, it doesn't just go "away.") Learn about the history of landfills, recycling, and more.

Two academics from Bath University explain how chemical recycling can provide a more sustainable alternative to the mechanical recycling process.