A lot of us like to recycle our plastics and cardboards at our homes, but a Worthing, South Dakota, businessman takes ...

As the population has grown in the region, so has the amount of garbage Horry County takes into its landfill. In the 2015 ...

And though a plastic takeout container can live a second life as pseudo-Tupperware, and a plastic bag as a garbage liner, many compostable versions just don’t cut it.

Your shower liner could carry mold and mildew. Here's how to properly clean both plastic and fabric liners, no scrubbing required.

Gardening Beyond plastic: How gardeners can reduce landfill waste Ask the Gardener offers more earth-friendly solutions. In 2019, 68 percent of plants were sold in plastic pots in the United ...

Plastic bags, film and other materials regularly catch the wind and travel across the landscape of Cache County and southern Idaho, despite constant effort by the North Valley Landfill operators.

What’s unique this time, is that the expanded area includes a geothermal field. It means special pipes are laid on the plastic liner. And those will capture the heat from the decomposing garbage.

Could baby poop and fungi work together to tackle landfill waste? That's the idea behind a new startup that sells disposable diapers paired with fungi intended to break down the plastic.

Waco’s new landfill on TK Parkway outside Axtell is slated to open Oct. 1, along with a transfer station on South University Parks Drive.

The ‘recycled’ plastic in your shoes, shirts, and bags? It’s still destined for the landfill. Here’s why that matters.