LONDON, England (CNN)-- Garbage dumps are generally not associated with thriving coral reefs, vast mangrove plantations and rare bird species. Yet on Pulau Semakau off Singapore, this is exactly ...

"Chemical reactions in nature are incredibly efficient, generating very little waste and consuming very little energy," said de la Escosura. He wondered whether, by mimicking biology more closely ...

"I was surrounded by human waste of all sorts. Lots of plastic, food leftovers." Maarten van der Voorde A white stork forages for food at a landfill in Beja, Portugal. Jasper Doest White storks ...

His name is Khin Zaw Lin. He's lived in a garbage dump virtually his entire life. I find Lin walking in a festering landscape of rotting food, plastic bags and junk at the Mae Sot garbage dump in ...