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 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 ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – 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 ...

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.

Nearly 600 bags of trash were collected by inmates from the Robeson County Sheriff’s Office Detention Center in a roadside cleanup this week.

Whole and baby carrots, many sold under the store brands of the nation’s largest grocery sellers, have been recalled because ...

Residents of all five boroughs of New York City must now separate organic material from the rest of their household trash.