Garbage is a big problem in the United States. According to the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the U.S. generated about 292 million tons of municipal solid waste in 2018; the ...

Modern beer production is a US$117 billion business in the United States, with brewers producing over 170 million barrels of beer per year. The brewing process is time- and energy-intensive, and each ...

Some compounds in waste produced in the brewing process could be repurposed for antibacterial drugs. Iuri Gagarin/iStock via Getty Images Solid components such as used grains and yeast from this waste ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Solid components such as used grains and yeast from this waste end up in landfills, ...