SCRANTON — The city plans to hire Waste Management of Dunmore to process recycling materials for five years starting early next month. Scranton City Council on Tuesday unanimously introduced a ...

Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment Minister Dion George has withdrawn the approval of the “flawed” industry waste-tyre management plan, to ensure a comprehensive review. The withdrawal of ...

Mumbai: Change is afoot in the solid waste management system of one of the world’s most populous cities. From the type of waste that will be picked up from homes, to how and who will collect it ...

A team leader at a waste management site repeatedly allowed a customer to dump its commercial waste for free, accepting instead boxes of beer as payment and costing the company around $111,000.

The U.S. Virgin Islands government says it's facing a "dire" plastic waste problem, in part due to pollution from Pepsi and Coca-Cola products.

This means that India’s official plastic waste generation rate (approximately 0.12 kilograms per capita per day (kg cap−1 day−1) is probably underestimated and waste collection overestimated.

Bengaluru: The Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) has exempted certain bulk waste generators from paying newly-introduced Solid Waste Management (SWM) user fee, commonly known as garbage tax.

BENGALURU: Bengalureans have to pay solid waste management (SWM) user fee from April 1. The BBMP had issued a circular in this regard on March 4, and this has been included in its budget.

Houston’s Solid Waste Management Director Mark Wilfalk has resigned from his position, Mayor John Whitmire wrote in a memo to city council members Friday afternoon. Wilfalk has led the long ...

The Harare City Council’s environmental management committee has rejected the Geo Pomona takeover of waste management, citing inadequate planning and a lack of transparency in the whole process.