This Georgia school uses worms, chickens and a fridge to fight food waste

Schools are often a hub for food waste: Parts of lunches brought from home don't get eaten, or perhaps the cafeteria menu isn't all that appetizing.

• 23m ago

Georgia Tech's new Trash Lab turns plastic waste into something useful

Georgia Tech researchers are taking on a problem most of us contribute to every day — what to do with all the plastic we throw away.

• Sep 8

Atlanta's Trashion Show brings discarded materials to the runway

Scraplanta's inaugural Trashion Show showcases wearable art created from reclaimed and recycled materials.

• Jul 24

Hawks honor students who collected 800 pounds of recycling in challenge

More than 1,000 students at David T. Howard Middle School joined forces with the Hawks and Novelis — and the sixth graders came out on top.

• Feb 11

Scraplanta brings creativity and community together through crafting

Materials that would otherwise end in a landfill are now turned into creative projects through the nonprofit Scraplanta.

• Feb 5