UCRRA has set a goal to divert 90% of waste away from landfills and incineration by 2050, which aligns with the New York State Solid Waste Management Plan that calls for all municipal waste to divert ...

Mount Desert Public Works Director Brian Henkel will speak about upcoming changes to the town’s recycling and waste ...

BERLIN, Conn.—Here’s a job the computers can take without much complaint: sorting recyclables. For humans, it is a foul, laborious job that entails standing over a conveyor belt, plucking beer cans ...

The city will contract a new vendor, Noble Environmental, to handle electronic waste and household hazardous waste disposal. Residents can choose from weekly drop-offs, curbside pickups and community ...

Note to readers •This story is made possible through a partnership between The Salt Lake Tribune and Grist, a nonprofit environmental media organization. For the first time, leaders of Western states ...

EIGHT. ALL RIGHT. MARCI THANK YOU. WE HAVE AN UPDATE TO A STORY THAT WE REPORTED LAST NIGHT ON NEWS EIGHT AT 430 IN CARLISLE BOROUGH COUNCIL MEMBERS HAVE APPROVED A RESOLUTION TO MOVE FORWARD WITH A ...

Residents and city councilors in Medford are expressing outrage over a plan to roll back trash service to once every two weeks, as Massachusetts environmentalists consider a statewide ban on ...

Waste Management is the biggest trash hauler and landfill operator in North America. The company benefits from a limited landfill supply and high barriers to industry entry. Waste Management's ...

One of the highest-risk components of nuclear waste is iodine-129 (I-129), which stays radioactive for millions of years and accumulates in human thyroids when ingested. In the U.S., nuclear waste ...

CHESAPEAKE, Va. (WAVY) — Just throw it all in the trash bin. By 2029, that can become the motto for most of Hampton Roads, as single-stream recycling replaces the currently separate trash ...

About 20% of items sent to the WM Recycling Brevard facility are non-recyclable on-site and considered contaminated. Improperly recycled items, like scrap metal, can cause significant damage to ...

SAVANNAH, Ga.—What happens when a solar panel dies? The vexing question hung last week over the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) sustainability conference, the first of its kind for the ...