The small town Plympton, Massachusetts, eliminated 305 tons of garbage a year by making everyone pay for what they toss.

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After some changes in trash accessibility in the town of Silverton, some local restaurant owners are fighting to have things ...

A reader asks why there are three "oddly placed" trash bins along the shoulder of I-40 between Black Mountain and Old Fort.

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Here’s what state law says about other materials that you shouldn’t throw in the trash. Martina Garcia ... Have a question about your community you’d like answered? Or maybe a tip or ...

Read an excerpt from Waste Wars: The Wild Afterlife Of Your Trash. Alexander Clapp ... bags and all the other stuff we throw away. It’s a putrid business that we’re all a part of and know little about ...

Americans throw out a lot of trash every year, with much of it ending up in landfills, contributing to climate change. Here & Now 's Peter O'Dowd and Chris Bentley report on what people across the ...

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The three ice-crusted salmon fillets had been in my freezer for more than a year, squished next to an unopened package of chicken that was similarly well past its sell-by date. I excavated my ...