Manatee County is switching to 96-gallon trash bins and aims to consolidate waste pickup days. The “Big Bin Advantage” program seeks to improve waste-collection efficiency with automated systems.

The department’s new “Empire Bins” are now set up outside eight uptown schools, where they’re used to collect compost, recycling and garbage. By the start of June, officials plan to ...

LIBERTY TOWNSHIP, Ohio (WKRC) - Community recycling bins in Liberty Township will be closed at the end of April due to consistent misuse, officials announced. In response, the township is ...

A man is leaving jugs of urine in recycling bins — which is considered a biohazard substance Cara Lynn Shultz is a writer-reporter at PEOPLE. Her work has previously appeared in Billboard and ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KATU) — This is a story that begins with a blue garbage bin. But it doesn't end there. "It's tragically gross," said Alex Van Duyn. And that may be putting it lightly.

The new program will include the use of mechanical tippers on city refuse trucks and offer residents the option of 95-gallon or 45-gallon bins. Later this spring, the city will also implement a yard ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio — Clevelanders with a broken trash cart or recycling bin may have some good news delivered to their curb soon. Cleveland’s Division of Waste Collection and Disposal has ...

New York City’s business improvement districts are pushing back against a new policy by the Sanitation Department that will fine them for leaving trash bags on the sidewalk — a rule that BID ...

WORCESTER — Worcester residents have made it clear to city officials that more trash bins are needed throughout the city. “It's something people have been commenting about,” said Miranda ...

It’s been tracking what non-recyclable materials are ending up in recycling bins since the beginning of 2024. Starting Monday Jan. 13, residents will get a postcard if they’re putting things ...

Some 104 bins were seized from households from Manurewa, Papakura and Wiri in the first phase of a trial to combat growing contamination of recycling, which ended in May 2024.

By embracing the humble plastic bin, New York City hopes to do away with the piles of loose trash bags that line its streets and attract pests.Credit...Sean Sirota for The New York Times Supported ...