Metals and some plastics are worth separating, but the rest of it is costly and can hurt the environment.

Houston leaders are laying out concrete plans for reforming the city's long-struggling waste services months after adopting a ...

Houston says its $5 trash fee is improving services, but illegal dumping and 311 complaints remain. Here's what officials ...

Veronica Beagle is the managing editor for Education at Forbes Advisor. She completed her master’s in English at the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa. Before ...

Meridian Waste announced the acquisition of select assets of Lafferty Disposal, a residential waste collection company based in Meherrin, Va. The ...

City of Philadelphia Announces Transformative Zero Waste Initiative and Provides An Update on the Municipal Solid Waste Contracts ...

Illinois residents can throw away household waste safely this weekend at a collection event at the Rock Island County ...

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If you suspect you have found human feces on the ground, you can pick it up the same way you would other animal waste. There is likely not a service in your local government agency that will come pick ...

Garbage disposals are the unsung heroes of many a kitchen. Mounted beneath the sink drain, these devices pulverize food waste into tiny bits, allowing it to be washed away easily. As a result, less ...

On February 22, 2019, EPA issued a rule that establishes streamlined standards designed specifically for the health care sector. These standards will protect human health and the environment while ...

Biomedical Waste includes medical items, lab cultures, carcasses, body parts, blood, excretions, exudates, or secretions from humans or animals known to contain pathogenic microorganisms infectious to ...