Waste Management Inc., Houston, announced the financial results for its quarter ended Dec. 31, 2018. Revenues for the fourth quarter of 2018 were $3.84 billion, compared with $3.65 billion for the ...

Kelly Murosky of Seventh Generation; and Sarah Dearman of Coca-Cola For recycling to be successful, brand owners must commit to designing products and packaging that are recyclable as well as to ...

Sanitation crews swept up nearly 1,200 tons of debris produced during Mardi Gras, far more than the 900-ton average but just shy of last year's high mark of 1,300 tons. Cynthia Sylvain-Lear, city ...

Ottawa, Nov. 03, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) 2018 data on materials, waste, and recycling reveals significant progress and shifting trends in how the ...

A new era in trash collection begins today in St. Paul. For the first time since the 1970s, residential collection will be organized through a municipal contract, with private haulers assigned to ...

Editor's note: It was previously stated incorrectly that the regional dumps were not open on the weekend and on Labor Day. The Lockwood Landfill was open on Saturday and Monday. The Commercial Row ...

A homeless man survived after somehow being collected along with waste during a Chinatown area cleanup this week and then dumped into a pile of trash at a transfer station. Around 9 a.m. Monday, ...

Following is a transcript of the video. The world produces enough plastic each year to build 50 Pyramids of Giza. That's over 350 million tons of candy wrappers, PVC pipes, and synthetic t-shirts.