AMHERST, Mass. (WWLP) – New technology is being tested at UMass Amherst to sort trash and recyclables. Knowing what to throw ...

BURNING of trash is both dangerous and illegal. It can worsen the air quality and cause destructive fires in neighborhoods. Laws that include the ban of open burning include Republic Act (RA) 9003, or ...

An excerpt from author Deborah Derrickson Kossmann's book "Lost Found Kept: A Memoir," on what happened in her own childhood ...

Call2Recycle is a battery-focused recycling program. The organization offers drop-off options at Home Depot, Lowe's and Staples, and shipment boxes for batteries and cell phones. Drop-offs are free ...

If you've had a hard time trying to find a trash can in the streets of San Francisco, you're not alone. Business owners and ...

Debris produced by human activity has now been spotted at a depth of 5,112 meters (3.2 miles) in the Mediterranean Sea.

Mark Rowe reports on the failure to agree on an international treaty to limit plastic pollution and what our best hopes are ...

Scientists have captured photos of litter at the bottom of the Calypso Deep, a trench 16,771ft (5,112m) below the surface of the Ionian Sea.

Last year, the environmental not-for-profit installed the LittaTraps — effectively basket-like devices that sit inside storm ...

Ten kilometers off Mityana road, down a dusty, unmarked path, The Observer team made its way to the Buyala landfill, a site ...

The Board of Carroll County Commissioners will consider increasing fees to dump trash at the Northern Landfill in Westminster ...

According to Alter Terra statistics, by sheer volume, plastic bottles make up 41 percent of all the trash that flows in from ...