In a new scientific paper, three physicians report that switching from bottled water to filtered tap water could cut your microplastic intake by about 90% — from 90,000 to 4,000 particles each year.

In fact, Coastal Landfill was denied permission by the County to pile debris higher than 35 feet above ground level but ignored this limitation and went to 54 feet above ground level anyway ...

The Central Maui Landfill will resume normal hours today after closing Saturday due to a fire in a green waste pile at the Maui EKO Systems composting facility, according to Maui County spokesman ...