He’s relied on city trash pickup since 1998. Now new rules have cut him off, and the alternative could cost him $400 a week.

The water leaving your washing machine may soon be a lot more eco-friendly, thanks to the anchovy. A filter inspired by the ...

In 1988, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that police can legally search discarded garbage without a search warrant. While the case centered on law enforcement, it was a major win for dumpster divers ...

Otazo's discovery is a local snapshot of a global crisis. According to EarthDay.org, over 2 billion metric tons (over 2.2 ...

Redditor and litter pickup extraordinaire Andy Wang, aka Pengweather or Peng, picked up nine bags of trash on a road.

Trash collection will be seeing some changes this holiday season, officials confirmed this week.

While Ames pursues a new Resource Recovery and Recycling campus, it's also considering a curbside recycling program.

Yiping Yang is one of 14 middle-aged Asian workers who clean San Francisco's 2,800 public trash cans, photographed on Oct. 9, 2025. Photo by Yujie Zhou. When Yiping Yang moved from Taishan, China, to ...

Outdoor trash cans are an eyesore that can ruin your curb appeal. Very often, however, there's nowhere else to put them. Garages are often full, and you don't want smelly trash to stink up the garage ...

A $9 million investment in new trash cans for every household in Pittsburgh could curb litter and improve garbage collection, Public Works Director Chris Hornstein told City Council members Tuesday.