The best compost bins used to be strictly utilitarian—plastic, bulky DIY pails usually banished under the sink or to the far ...

Tossing takeout containers into the recycling bin feels like the right move, but looks can be deceiving. A lot of food ...

Generally, you don't need to remove paper labels from metal or aluminum cans before you chuck them in the recycling bin. When ...

HUAMBO, Angola, April 2 (Reuters) - Angola requires $240 million from government or donor funding to clear nearly 1,000 minefields from the civil war that ended more than two decades ago ...

A man is leaving jugs of urine in recycling bins — which is considered a biohazard ... they haven't been able to get a clear shot of the license plate. Van Duyn told the outlet that he alerted ...

Rats the size of a small cat have been seen in the streets of Birmingham as a result of the bin strike - Jeremy Selwyn ...

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For example, the city of Elk Grove says plastic “clamshell”-style containers, which commonly hold berries and other small produce, can be placed in the recycling bin. Generally, cities across ...

Scientists at RIKEN in Japan have developed a new type of plastic that’s just as stable in everyday use but dissolves quickly in saltwater, leaving behind safe compounds. The benefit of plastics ...

A container ship which collided with a US tanker in the North Sea, leading to its captain being charged with gross negligence manslaughter, has arrived in Aberdeen. Portuguese vessel Solong was ...

Birmingham City Council has announced that 'with regret' it is intending to make redundant up to 76 bin workers behind the all out strike that has blighted the city. The tough action comes as the ...