The California Integrated Waste Management Board provides a free, downloadable 11×14 inch poster indicating what should and should not go into red bags as biohazardous waste. The poster, titled “Know ...

“Pay as you throw” waste programs result in 17 percent less garbage (in weight) and increase recycling, according to a new report by Reason Foundation, a Los Angeles-based think tank. The study finds ...

Have you ever gotten to the end of, say, a jar of peanut butter and wondered if it should go in trash or recycling? If it’s worth rinsing out? And where will it actually end up? Journalist Alexander ...

City officials are considering a plan to bring curbside recycling to Billings by switching to a “pay as you throw” system for trash collection next year. Now, all residential customers pay the same ...

Millions of Americans dutifully fill their recycling bins each week, motivated by the knowledge that they're doing something good for the environment. But the sad fact is that much of what is tossed ...

RAPID CITY, S.D. (KELO) — Throwing away hot trash can lead to a dangerous situation, which is what happened last Friday in Rapid City. While doing their route late last week, a garbage truck driver ...