A refuse truck backs up to dump trash at the Nashua landfill earlier this month. Non-recycled waste, as well as waste generated in the state and waste from neighboring New England states such as ...

On Monday, a local group will hold the first of four workshops about zero waste, a concept that aims to reduce waste through so-called lifecycle design and management. Valley Improvement Projects, a ...

An image from drone video taken on Feb. 5, 2023 of the Norfolk Southern train derailment near East Palestine, Ohio. The transport of contaminated waste from the site of the Norfolk Southern train ...

PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- More and more cities, including Philadelphia, are banning plastic bags because of environmental dangers. Some big box retailers offer drop-off bins for recycling, including ...

I was saddened to read about an upcoming vote on the purchase of a waste incinerator in Broward. This is the least desirable solution to the issues we face. Some facts about incineration: It is not ...

On the day after Christmas, an investigator tailed a garbage truck on a shoreline residential route. From a distance, he photographed the truck driver emptying trash and recycling containers into the ...

BALTIMORE. A NEW COMPLAINT TO THE EPA ALLEGES THAT POLLUTION FROM THE BRISCOE PLANT CONTRIBUTES TO UNEQUAL HEALTH RISKS TO THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN THE NEARBY NEIGHBORHOODS. WOODS. WHEN YOU KNOW BETTER, ...

Fearing the potential of air pollution and perhaps even toxic emissions, a group of residents around the Reworld trash-to-energy plant in Bristol will call on environmental regulators to block plans ...