One thousand years ago, people along Israel’s Mediterranean coast dug deeply enclosed plots in the sand, filled them with 80,000 tonnes of trash and used the fertile soil that formed for farming ...

Mr. Clapp is a journalist and the author of “Waste Wars: The Wild Afterlife of Your Trash,” from which this essay is adapted. In the closing years of the Cold War, something strange started to ...

When you're done with your old laptop, Mac or PC, make sure you recycle it properly, including removing any personal data. Recycling an old computer can keep it out of landfill for longer by giving it ...