Americans discard an estimated 18.2 million mattresses annually, with only 19 percent recycled and the rest sent to landfills or incinerators.
The United States throws out roughly 50,000 mattresses every day. Recyclers can recover 80 to 95 percent of materials including steel, foam, fiber, and wood for new products, yet most beds end up buried or burned instead.
American households now hold an average of 24 electronic devices, contributing to record global e-waste levels.
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American households continue to generate substantial amounts of glass waste that mostly goes unrecycled due to economic and systemic issues in the current collection methods.
A popular guide to zero-waste cleaning and laundry has been refreshed with new advice on microplastics and safer products.
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Der CEO von Waste4Change, Mohammad Bijaksana Junerosano, hat angesichts einer nationalen Müllkrise eine umfassende Überarbeitung des indonesischen Abfallwirtschaftssystems gefordert. Er betonte ein Potenzial der Kreislaufwirtschaft von 500 Billionen Rupiah pro Jahr, sofern eine starke Infrastruktur und entsprechende Ökosysteme vorhanden sind. Die Äußerungen fielen bei einer Medienveranstaltung zum Tag der Erde in Jakarta am 20. April 2026.