Ever wondered where your plastics end up? A PET bottle can be washed, shredded, melted and given a second life. But most ...

Portage Public Schools (PPS) is removing soil from the Amberly Elementary construction site after discovering levels of PFAS ...

Toxic fumes have sickened nearby residents. Lawmakers and activists say the blaze is an indication of the country’s ...

A Lake Charles recycling plant may be spilling scrap material into the Calcasieu River, and state and federal agencies say there is no permit authorizing it ...

The urinash process offers a novel approach to fertilizer production, converting waste into green ammonia and calcium ...

Neighbors have a chance on Tuesday to learn about the future of the South Wake Landfill, located on the border of Apex and Holly Springs. Wake County leaders say the landfill, which opened in 2008, is ...

A compactor flattens truckloads of waste at the Boone County Landfill. Administrator John Roosa says the landfill receives 200-500 tons of waste per day. Every week on trash day, truckloads of waste ...

SURPRISE, AZ (AZFamily) — A landfill fire continues to burn in the West Valley, and it could be several days before it’s extinguished. The fire broke out around 7 a.m. Friday at WM’s Northwest ...

Community members and local officials were given another glimpse at Meadowview, a solid waste transfer and recycling facility proposed in Grayslake to replace the Countryside Landfill, during a public ...

SENECA COUNTY, Ohio — The Ohio Environmental Review Appeals Commission has ruled that several conditions imposed by the Seneca County General Health District on WIN Waste Innovations’ landfill ...

THAN PRIOR GENERATIONS. WELL, TONIGHT WE’RE GETTING ANSWERS ABOUT POTENTIAL CUTS TO STATEWIDE PROGRAMS THAT KEEP MISSOURI CLEAN. NOW, THE MONEY WOULD GO TO HELP CLEAN UP ABANDONED LANDFILLS.

If you liked this story, share it with other people. On March 8, seven sanitation workers were killed at Southeast Asia’s largest landfill, the Bantargebang dump site east of Jakarta, Indonesia’s ...