In places like Indonesia, plastic refuse is often burned in unregulated low-tech furnaces that pose grave health risks.

New bin collections are in force for households across England from today, Tuesday, March 31. Labour's new Environmental Improvement Plan has put in place a huge overhaul of various laws and rules in ...

Recycling, center, trash, right and green waste bins sit on the side of Margarita Avenue in San Luis Obispo. Joe Johnston [email protected] Understanding what to do with your garbage can be ...

TOLEDO, Ohio (WTVG) - The Toledo City Council is being asked to switch providers when it comes to its curbside refuse and recycling. The existing contract with Republic Services expires at the end of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A fire broke out at the Newton Leys recycling storage unit in Bletchley earlier this week [Holly Nichols/BBC] Recycling ...

A fire broke out at the Newton Leys recycling storage unit in Bletchley earlier this week Recycling collections paused after a "catastrophic fire" at a waste facility are to resume on Monday, a ...

The city of Durango has lower waste collection fines than many other municipalities in Southwest Colorado, and bear encounters in the city are surging. City Council members wonder if raising the ...

Editor’s note: In a previous version of this report, we incorrectly connected the Oak Hill Collaborative to the Green Team and this recycling drive. We regret the ...

SOUTH MILWAUKEE, Wis. — South Milwaukee will no longer handle garbage and recycling pickup in-house. On Tuesday night, the Common Council voted 5–2 to hire John’s Disposal Service to run the city’s ...