Right now, the city of Lufkin collects garbage from various restaurants, hospitals and hotels as well as other commercial areas but does not own the containers that hold the garbage. However, when an ...

NEW YORK (AP) — New York City's tradition of piling garbage bags on the sidewalk for pickup is going the way of the dinosaur. As of Friday, all 200,000 businesses in the Big Apple are required to put ...

Not since Oscar the Grouch debuted on “Sesame Street” has a city had cause to be so excited about what’s inside a receptacle. Before our eyes, the mountains of trash-filled plastic bags on curbs that ...

The world of “dumpster diving” can be truly fascinating — and even a bit shocking — for revealing how much unnecessary waste we produce as individuals. But one UK man is currently going viral for ...

SEATTLE (Reuters) - In a message to residents who don't take composting seriously, the city of Seattle is placing red tags on the bins of anyone who fails to comply with a new law barring food scraps ...

Four container bins sitting at the corner of West 41st Street and 7th Avenue in Times Square may look simple, but they have a lofty purpose: Showing New Yorkers how the city streets could become ...

Residents in a south Mississippi county are complaining after the county stopped collecting garbage at duplexes and apartments.The Hattiesburg American reports that Lamar County supervisors are ...