While clear bags are permitted in the compost bin, regular white kitchen garbage bags and black plastic contractor bags cannot be used, Sanitation said. Items that must be composted include yard waste ...

City leaders announced significantly increased fines for illegal trash dumping in parks during a March 31 press conference at ...

Declutter like a pro Home organization is more than just rearranging the things you have—it’s also getting rid of the things ...

NEW YORK CITY (WABC) -- People who illegally dump in parks in New York City will have to pay a much heftier fine moving forward. The city announced on Monday an increase in fines to $5,000 for anyone ...

UTA chemists explain how plastic pyrolysis works to breaks down plastic waste into molecules that be used again ...

In Oakland, a 2022 court settlement with homeless locals required the city to store belongings confiscated during sweeps and ...

Research continues to show that itty-bitty microplastics alter ecosystems and end up in human bodies. Scientists, farmers and ...

Here’s an easy-to-use guide to recycling in the Sacramento area: Around the world, the triangle-shaped symbol found on recyclable items is called the “chasing arrows,” and includes corresponding ...

A Polish man has been jailed for life with a minimum term of 34 years for the murder and dismemberment of a pensioner he ...

Horror-obsessed Marcin Majerkiewicz bludgeoned his friend Stuart Everett, 67, with a hammer at the house they shared in ...

The star of a press conference at the city dump Thursday afternoon was an unassuming green plastic bag that, in the ...