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

SCHENECTADY — A pilot program with the University at Albany may help city leaders address the vexing issue of preventing ...

A recycling centre that has been closed for four months is set to reopen this week. The site in Yonder Slade, Buckingham, was shut on 1 December for drainage work. The project has been completed on ...

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 ...

NORTH AVENUE HERE TRYING TO GET THINGS CLEARED. IT’S GOING TO BE A WHILE. TAKE IT SLOW IF YOU HAVE TO GET OUTSIDE. THIS IS OUR CAMERA AT STATE FAIR PARK IN WEST DALLAS. YOU CAN JUST BARELY SEE THE ...

MILWAUKEE (CBS 58) -- Milwaukee Department of Public Works crews worked through the night clearing snow as a blizzard continues to impact the city Monday, March 16. Officials say crews will continue ...

A. J. Jacobs, writer for The New York Times, shared his attempt to avoid plastic in an article published Jan. 15, 2023: “On the morning of the day I had decided to go without using plastic products—or ...

NEW YORK (PIX11) — Garbage and compost collections will restart on Tuesday night, the Department of Sanitation posted on its Facebook page. This comes days after a blizzard dumped over two feet of ...

What a bunch of garbage. New Yorkers should brace for stumbling around towers of trash along with mountains of snow — with city garbage collection not returning to normal till Monday. Monday evening ...

With the Lehigh Valley facing the impacts of a major snowstorm, area municipalities are postponing scheduled trash and recycling pickups. Many of the affected pickups were scheduled during the brunt ...

Video above: ‘News 5 Now’ — Top Stories from Feb. 13, 2026 MOBILE, Ala. (WKRG) — Garbage collection in Mobile has been rescheduled due to an upcoming holiday. According to a City of Mobile news ...

According to a City of Mobile news release, garbage normally scheduled to be picked up on Tuesday will now be picked up on Monday, Feb. 16. Roadside trash will also not be picked up on Tuesday. On ...