Teri Peterson's recycling bin sat on the side of her quiet Houston street for one extra day. Then two. Two weeks. Four. On ...

The bins are part of a two-year pilot program, led by the city’s Office of Climate and Sustainability and funded by a $350,000 grant from the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), awarded to ...

Question : What happens to discarded electronics that people put in e-waste bins at city convenience centers ? The city’s recent public service announcement mentioned disposal and recycling so I ...

Lewis Clark, owner of Vape-Delivery.co.uk, said "It’s clear from the data that vaping is thriving in certain parts of the UK, ...

Cars were stolen and set on fire, motorbikes were being ridden erratically and bricks were thrown at officers, while wheelie bins and cars were used to block off the road.

But in the era before widespread plastic bag use, refuse was thrown directly into the bins, making them filthy and grimy. Then in 1968, the city’s sanitation workers went on strike. For more ...

The driver was thrown from the car. Police say they were not wearing a seatbelt.They were taken to a hospital with life-threatening injuries, where they are in critical condition. KANSAS CITY, Mo. — ...

Each week, more than 1,000 bins are chosen at random to be inspected. Want to know how far they're diving into your rubbish?

A fatal crash on 63rd Street in Kansas City left one person dead and another critically injured. The two people were thrown from the speeding car.

The city of Pineville, Louisiana, has announced it will discontinue its recycling program because of contamination issues, ...

Work by the city council identified how 40% of rubbish thrown in the purple main bin could be recycled. If the current blue recycling bin was used correctly, the city’s recycling rate could ...

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