At Indonesia’s largest landfill, Bantargebang, waste picker Nur Wencih fears a sweeping government crackdown on open dumping ...

HAINES CITY, Fla. — Illegal dumping is becoming a growing problem in Polk County, and now leaders are working to combat it. For more than 20 years, Katie Hayes, executive director of Keep Polk County ...

Our population is aging. The United Nations reports that by 2050, the number of people age 85 and older on our planet is set ...

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 ...

MARION — There was a time this spring when it seemed almost guaranteed that a shakeup was coming for the Cedar Rapids/Linn County landfill that would affect not only the physical site but also the ...

Tennessee lawmakers and other members of the state's Solid Waste Task Force hinted they are considering changing a law that has allowed local governing bodies to approve or deny landfill proposals for ...

Every day, some 50,000 gallons of potentially toxic wastewater collect inside the Shoosmith Landfill, a deteriorating dump in Chesterfield County whose owner has gone bankrupt and whose cleanup could ...

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 ...

MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, Fla. — As Miami-Dade County debates where to build a new waste-to-energy incinerator amid an escalating solid waste crisis, one South Florida startup is proving that at least one ...

NEW HANOVER COUNTY, N.C. (WECT) - When you throw trash away, you probably never think about where it goes. But if you live or work in New Hanover County, chances are it ends up at the county landfill.

NBA arenas are cutting waste with recycling, composting, and donations—keeping tons out of landfills while helping communities. Sidra Khan, for NBA.com Cleveland Cavaliers’ new waste room, featuring ...