In the U.S., about 26-27 million tons of plastic were sent to landfills in 2018 and 2019, according to the EPA.

Bi-County Solid Waste Management has been using a shredder and $10 disposal fee to reduce the impact of thousands of mattresses that end up in landfills every year.

Local nonprofit Keep Austin Beautiful received a $10,000 grant to launch a program that will help three Austin schools learn ...

Even meat and bones can be dropped off at the Dartmouth transfer station with a wider range of food waste being accepted at the Crapo Hill Landfill serving Dartmouth and New Bedford. The pilot food ...

Engineers in Australia have developed a new building material with about one quarter of concrete's carbon footprint, while ...

Rhode Island currently recycles plastic, aluminum, glass, cardboard, and may soon add textiles to that list. Under a new law ...

Hundreds of litres of used cooking oil is disposed of every year as a by-product of making some of Australia's favourite ...

Most surrounding counties haul their waste somewhere else or participate in a regional landfill. But there are other choices.

New Hanover County residents can now find electronics, sporting equipment, furniture and more at a new facility dubbed "Treasure Island." The new program from New Hanover County Recycling and Solid ...

ST. JOSEPH, Mo. (News-Press NOW) -- St. Joseph’s landfill is filling up fast, and the clock is ticking, with its projected lifespan being May 2047 according to landfill superintendent Darkota Cloud.