You probably don’t think twice when you flatten a cardboard box or rinse out a yoghurt pot. But those small habits have the power to help save the planet. This Earth Day (22nd April), remember that ...

In the second hour of "Connections with Evan Dawson" on April 16, 2025, members of the Monroe County Department of ...

While single-stream recycling is convenient, it has downsides. Contamination, such as food residue, plastic bags and items that can’t be recycled, can degrade the quality of the remaining material, ...

The Easter weekend means changes lots of chocolate and Easter Eggs. But also there are some changes to recycling and rubbish ...

Unite the union says if guarantees that no worker will lose money could be put into writing by Birmingham City Council, a ...

Wiltshire Council has issued important bin collection information ahead of the bank holiday weekend. With Easter weekend looming, many residents will be checking to see if their bin collections will ...

The new "Empire Bins" are designed to be emptied with modern garbage trucks, and have locks that can only be opened with a ...

Birmingham waste collections have been heavily disrupted by members of the Unite union in a dispute with the council.

Birmingham needs to ‘get back to normal’, the council’s bin boss said as residents report seeing ‘cat-sized’ rats and workers ...

Mountains of rubbish continue to be a common sight in parts of Birmingham as the dispute between the city council and the Unite union rumbles on. Indefinite strike action began on 11 March although ...

Military planners have been called in to help tackle mounting piles of rubbish in Birmingham following a month-long strike by refuse workers.

Mounds of waste remain uncollected in Birmingham as an all-out strike by workers continues. What is behind the industrial ...