The draft proposal to identify per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances earned measured praise from Casella Waste Systems and ...

Even as the global COVID-19 shutdown produces fortuitous environmental benefits such as cleaner air due to a huge decline in travel, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is cynically using the ...

As part of a little-known Department of Sanitation program, New York City buildings with at least 10 units can request an ...

Hannah Kliger joined the CBS News New York team as a reporter in May 2022, focusing her coverage in Brooklyn. A native New Yorker, Hannah has received several awards for her investigative journalism ...

A new fixture just appeared in Central Park, and it proves that New York City’s infamous “war on rats” is far from over. The product joining the front lines is a recycling bin specifically desiged to ...

In October 2024, New York City took a major step in tackling its trash problem by making curbside composting mandatory.

The Syracuse, New York-based Center for Sustainable Materials Management (CSMM) has unveiled Phase 2 findings of its needs assessment and gap analysis for New York’s recycling system. In 2023, the ...

Syracuse, N.Y. — Nov. 5, 2025 — The Center for Sustainable Materials Management (CSMM), housed at the SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry (ESF), in partnership with Resource Recycling ...

November 15th 2013 marked the 16th year of “America Recycles Day.” This year, New York City contributed to this initiative with the largest recycling pilot program in the world, at the crossroads of ...

The people of Staten Island once had the dubious distinction of living with the Fresh Kills Landfill — home to what was once the world’s largest garbage dump and a reminder that we live in a throwaway ...

NEW YORK (WABC) -- New legislation is looking to dramatically reduce the amount of plastic in shipments and on store shelves in New York State. It's called the "Packaging Reduction and Recycling ...