Hennepin County taxpayers are subsidizing the cost of organic trash pickup to keep residents’ garbage bills lower and boost a program county leaders say is key to reducing waste. In March, the County ...

The City Council’s Common Sense Caucus on Thursday introduced a bill that would reverse mandatory composting just one week ...

A new study finds that each tonne of food waste recycled, with existing technologies, would reduce carbon emissions by ...

A Department of Sanitation spokesperson said summonses issued so far largely correlate with population density.

Those compost projects were largely the victim of budget cuts during Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s administration, but he later set the stage for the current program with a 2013 initiative that included ...

The added pressure led to led to 2.5 million pounds of food scraps, food-soiled paper and yard waste being collected in the ...

The city has increased processing capacity to prepare for the shift. It issued tens of thousands of warnings before ...

New Yorkers can now get fined for not separating their food scraps. Some critics say that's not the right approach.

In a move to address an estimated $1 billion shortfall in the upcoming fiscal year, Los Angeles elected officials will consider a proposal to increase trash collection fees by 54% from $36.32 to ...

Coupling reactions are essential in the synthesis of pharmaceuticals, agrochemicals, and advanced materials, but traditional ...

Composting has gone mainstream. If you're ready to pile on, we've outlined everything you need to know to start a compost ...

As energy company leaves state, business owners allege bullying, intimidation and harassment by environmental agency ...