Unlike most New Yorkers, Carl Van Putten and Lilian Garcia pay attention to garbage after it is thrown away. They have little choice: their neighborhood, Hunts Point, is home to many of the city's ...

Beret Leone is a native Minnesotan who joined the WCCO team as a reporter in September 2022 - and she's thrilled be back home in the Twin Cities! Beret grew up in Chaska and graduated from Bethel ...

The City Council passed the controversial trash plan that will create a new transfer station on the Upper East Side and a recycling center in the Meatpacking District as well as shift garbage disposal ...

Many people were not happy when the city unveiled its long-term solid waste management plan. It’s goal of achieving zero waste by 2040 was admirable enough, but the plan pushed consideration of such ...

POUGHKEEPSIE — It matters how a community handles its waste. The stuff we throw away doesn’t disappear: It rots in landfills, adding greenhouse gasses to the environment; it gets recycled and finds ...

The hard part is done. Now for the very hard part. Broward officials spent years hammering out what they’ve called the Solid Waste Management and Recycling Draft Master Plan. It calls for rethinking ...

Indiana is finalizing a new vision to manage Hoosier waste – from food, construction, technology, textiles and more – and boost the economy. The project, spearheaded by the Indiana Department of ...