Got some leftover materials from your yard or kitchen? It’s time to turn them into something that will help your garden!

If you have wire cutters and pliers, make four-sided wire mesh bins. You can find wire mesh at most home centers. Wear thick work gloves and cut four 3-by-2-foot sections.

Next year, New York City’s mesh trash can, long a favorite obstacle to skateboarders, will begin to be replaced by the winner of the city’s Better Bin competition, a more modern design by ...

In 1951, the city experimented with wire mesh baskets — and in 1956, a giant wire wastebasket was placed in Times Square. It was regularly filled with detritus swept from the street, and a sign ...