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

A new plan aims to clean more than 80% of the North Pacific Garbage Patch - the ocean's largest floating plastic garbage patch.

City of Minot pushes trash and recycling rules to keep collections running smoothly Kxnet.com Welcome to the KXMB/KXMC YouTube channel, your home for all news, sports, and weather in western North ...

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 ...

SAN DIEGO — The City of San Diego will begin delivering new recycling bins to eligible households starting Wednesday. The replacement initiative swaps the older dark-blue recycling bins for new ...

San Diego is making two big moves on its new trash program this week: launching citywide delivery of new light blue recycling bins and issuing final warning notices to 850 property owners still ...

Recycling, center, trash, right and green waste bins sit on the side of Margarita Avenue in San Luis Obispo. Joe Johnston jjohnston@thetribunenews.com 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 ...

TUCSON, Ariz. (KVOA) - The City of Tucson will observe an upcoming holiday that may be renamed or reconsidered by the mayor and council. Trash and recycling collection services will continue without ...

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 ...