The New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC), in partnership with the Indian Pollution Control Association (IPCA), has launched an initiative to enhance decentralised solid waste management. Project ...

Waste management officials for Ramsey and Washington counties said Monday that multiple medical facilities are improperly sending infectious waste to its recycling facility. Ramsey/Washington ...

“Infectious” waste from blood, needles, and possible body parts are showing up at an east metro recycling center. The Ramsey/Washington Recycling & Energy center had to pause operations on Monday ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. California’s environmental board voted 4-1 to approve the state’s first hazardous waste management plan despite ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. The city has left dozens of green bins on some blocks. The intention is for residents to dump their food waste in ...

Opponents of desegregation used legal maneuvers, school closures, intimidation, and violence to maintain racially segregated schools. The "Southern Manifesto," signed by many Southern members of ...

HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — Millions of tons of discarded electronics from the United States are being shipped overseas, much of it to developing countries in Southeast Asia unprepared to safely handle ...

Intense school segregation by race and class is worsening in California, a new study shows. (File photo by Chris Stone/Times of San Diego) This article was produced by Capital & Main. It is published ...

WICHITA, Kan. (KWCH) - A recent merger between two trash pickup companies is causing confusion and frustration for some Wichita residents. Waste Connections has officially acquired Air Capital Waste, ...

NEW YORK, Sept 11 (Reuters) - (This Sept. 11 story has been corrected to fix the council's name to 'Natural Resources Defense Council,' not 'National Resources Defense Council,' in paragraph 8) ...

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