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The 72-year-old from Sparkbrook has not had her recycling collected by Birmingham City Council since January due to the ...
Mounds of waste remain uncollected in Birmingham as an all-out strike by workers continues. What is behind the industrial action and why is it taking so long to settle the dispute?
Rules for recycling vary by city, so that's something to consider before you toss thin plastics, glass, or even your pet food bag into your bins.
Talks aimed at ending the long-running Birmingham bin strike will resume on Wednesday. Leaders of the Unite union will meet ...
Spokane's recycling center, the #1 recycling hub for the region, has received a major boost with a significant $18 million investment in Waste Management. This investment is ...
Repurpose It hosts free sustainability incursions with preschool and school-aged children and recently held a ‘train the trainer’ session for teachers.
2. Dirty Containers - Items like bottles and jars must be empty, clean, and dry. A good rule of thumb: less than a teaspoon ...
For old toothbrushes, electric toothbrush replacement heads, used flossers, and toothpaste tubes from Crest, Oral-B, or ...
An Earth Day warning that if City Hall doesn’t get serious about recycling, composting and other zero waste strategies, we’ll never kick this polluting, trash-burning habit. [OP-ED] ...
Humming with the familiar sounds of machinery and cluttered with stacks of waste waiting to be discarded, the rear of New ...
Much of the U.S. uses single-stream recycling, where plastic, glass and paper go into one bin. Here’s what happens to that ...
Successful recycling requires some care. Alejandra Villa Loarca/Newsday RM via Getty Images Alex Jordan, University of Wisconsin-Stout Every week, ...