Government insists new Hong Kong facility complements existing strategy and does not signal a shift away from the reduction of rubbish to burning it.

They found that, without more work being done at the federal level, no state is on track to achieve the national waste reduction goal. Researchers calculated that, even when taking reduction ...

They say other ways of handling waste are the best way to cut down on how much ends up in the trash heap. Plan goals include throwing less away to begin with, and promoting sustainable materials ...