Everyday, the equivalent of 2,000 garbage trucks full of plastic are dumped into the world's oceans, rivers and lakes.

A garbage truck dumped its load after its trash caught on fire, Monday afternoon, March 16. The truck was traveling along Commerce Drive in Prescott when the driver noticed smoke from the back of the ...

Buffalo is short 10 garbage trucks, with 19 more currently out of service, leading to a wave of missed pickup complaints to ...

What started as a routine night at a West Seattle recycling and transfer station turned into a potential crime-scene mystery ...

Fayetteville, Arkansas has adopted a new all-in-one cart-based recycling program to replace the city’s existing residential ...

Fire officials say a lithium battery was likely the cause of a fire inside a truck carrying recycling in Rotunda Tuesday morning. Crews from the Englewood Area Fire Control District responded to the ...

They stopped at the nonprofit’s South San Francisco processing center before speeding down Interstate 5 toward Arizona the ...

Residents can now choose what size cart they'd like under the city's new recycling collection program that will be ...

Fayetteville will begin delivering new recycling carts to homes in mid-May as the city prepares to launch a cart-based ...

Phoenix residents may be paying more for their trash and recycling services starting this summer. The city’s Public Works ...

Police say the fire happened at 12:36 pm in the area of State Rd. and Woodbury Hills Dr. The driver escaped unharmed ...

Garbage and recycling pickup is on hold in Milwaukee as collection crews and trucks are reassigned to assist with snow ...