The City of Jackson faces fines up to $900,000 from the Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality for the city's trash crisis in April 2023. From April 1, 2023, to April 19, 2023, trash piled up ...

The crisis is coming for us with the certainty and strength of a hurricane. The solid waste crisis. While the Town of Brookhaven is at its epicenter, it will affect every Suffolk County township ...

People said West Creek Apartments on 103rd Street have not seen a trash pickup in over four months, prompting residents and the city to take drastic measures. “It is ridiculous. It is sad. People ...

On a hot summer day, black vultures circle atop a 200-foot-high mountain of trash as bulldozers bury dusty piles of plastic bags, empty cans and baby diapers. Built in 1989, Middle Point Landfill in ...

STORY: It's often called the “world’s highest garbage dump.” :: Mount Everest, Nepal Some estimate 50 metric tonnes of trash remain on the Mt Everest due to decades of climbing and lax regulations. :: ...

SOMERS, Conn. (WTNH) — Is the answer to Somers’ trash crisis in your pantry? Instead of throwing out your uneaten food, the public works department is asking you to turn it in. The town said that 25% ...

New York’s growing trash crisis has been well-documented. The state’s capacity to take this problem on is dwindling. According to a 2023 report by the state’s Department of Environmental Conservation ...

CLAY COUNTY, Fla. — In Jefferson Square on Jefferson Avenue in Orange Park, piles of uncollected trash, including furniture, mattresses, and even chairs, are becoming a common sight. Residents said ...

Trash pickup in St. Paul will continue Tuesday after Mayor Melvin Carter declared a three-day state of emergency that he said would allow the city's new garbage hauler to begin service as scheduled.

To reduce overall waste heading to the landfills, WMA has partnered with the University of the Virgin Islands to create an ...