The reuse of products, materials, and parts can have significant environmental and economic benefits. Waste is not just created when consumers throw items away. Waste is generated throughout the life cycle of a product, from extraction of raw...

Reuse, using a product more than once in its original form, is one of the preferred methods of solid waste management because it prevents materials from becoming part of the waste stream. It is a form of source reduction of waste. Some products are...

Reuse is using an item more than once. This includes conventional reuse where the item is used again for the same function, and new-life reuse where it is used for a new function. In contrast, recycling is the breaking down of the used item into raw...

Another method of source reduction is the use of refills, which encourages the reuse of original packaging. Also in this category are packages that have other uses after the product is gone, such as the HDPE container for Stouffer's(TM) Lean Cuisine(R) Ice...

Stakeholders will need to improve monitoring systems, as well as public education, to ensure greater acceptance of indirect potable reuse practices. THE CONTINUED GROWTH in demands being placed on limited available fresh water supplies in many areas of the country, along with ever...

A possible security breach on the SAT exam in South Korea is highlighting a common but little-known practice by the College Board: reusing entire SAT exams that have already been given.At least one student who took the exam Saturday had access to the questions ahead...

IBM Corp. says it has developed a greener method for recycling precious silicon that is wasted during computer chip manufacturing.For microprocessors and other computer chips to be made, discs of silicon known as wafers get circuitry imprinted on them and then are cut into hundreds...