Every day, an average American generates nearly five pounds of waste: Food, paper, plastic, metal, textiles and others. After the truck picks up our trash bags, we usually don’t think about where all ...

WEST MICHIGAN — Out of sight, out of mind. That's how most of us feel about garbage. Once it's taken away, it's taken care of. However, that's when the real work begins. Have you ever wondered what ...

With the Chiquita Canyon Landfill in Santa Clarita Valley area shut down due to excessive odors as of Jan. 1, can other landfills in Los Angeles County handle the extra volume of trash? That is what a ...

Satellites are emerging as a powerful new tool in the fight to curb emissions of methane. While methane is much shorter-lived in the atmosphere than carbon dioxide, it is vastly more potent at ...

LIHU‘E — As the County of Kaua‘i’s only landfill runs out of space, local officials have not yet been able to expand the current landfill’s capacity, find a new landfill location, or implement an ...

Area residents can expect to see a lot of activity over the next two weeks as the pace of work picks up on an expansion project at the county landfill on the western edge of Sahuarita. Crews and ...