A new study found that policies to curtail the use of single-use plastic bags in grocery stores and other retail outlets in Austin and Dallas, Texas, resulted in people buying more plastic bags, a ...

A group of New York City building supers protested outside City Hall on Monday, saying Mayor Eric Adams’ “trash revolution” ...

The Mayes became legal custodians of Taylor after the Franklin County Children’s Services deemed Taylor’s grandparents would be unable to take legal custody due to the difficulty level of care ...

The family of a 5-year-old boy who was found dead inside of a garbage bag and dumped in a southwest Columbus sewer after an Ohio Amber Alert filed a wrongful death lawsuit alleging widespread ...

Policies aimed at curbing the use of single-use plastic bags have sometimes accomplished the opposite of their intentions, a ...

James Reed started his day on Sept. 15, 2019 driving a cab, but he wasn't able to steer clear of the drug trade he spent most ...

As of Nov. 12, New York City dwellings with fewer than 10 units, including single-family residences, have been required to ...

Scientists are using plastic bags to help handle toxic compounds in their chemical reactions. When broken down in a ball mill ...

A Las Vegas animal shelter is treating eight 2-week-old puppies that were found in a dumpster inside a trash bag.

As part of the Adams administration's ongoing and successful effort to get trash off the streets of New York City once and ...

The rules herald the end of the city’s peculiar, decades-old tradition of letting residents place their bulging garbage bags ...