An engineer explains landfill science and why landfills are surprisingly a low-impact way of dealing with our garbage.

PARK CITY, Utah — The Park City Community Foundation (PCCF) is taking steps to eliminate food waste from the Summit County landfill. In June 2024, the foundation began its Zero Food Waste program. Its ...

Editor’s note: Got questions about recycling? We’ve got answers. Editorial board members and Opinion columnists Melissa Davis and Josh Farley continue their deep dive into the recyclable, the kind-of ...

Amid massive rollbacks of federal environmental protections, a community battling the expansion of a local landfill seeks to safeguard its own backyard – and everyone else’s. In the spring of 1987, ...

A county proposal that’s in the early permitting stages would triple the current lifespan of the dump to 15 years as the area ...

Facing rapid population growth, Ada County officials have been trying to find creative ways to extend the life of the county landfill. Now, they’re cookin’ with gas. Biogas Development, a ...

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - Lawmakers grilled city leaders Tuesday about the controversial plan to put the next landfill in Wahiawa. Those at the hearing know Oahu’s trash needs to go somewhere, but ...

How often do you think about the impact of your lifestyle? Do you consider what happens to the garbage after you take your trash can out to the curb? Do you recycle or opt for more Earth-friendly ...