PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WJAR) — Providence Mayor Brett Smiley announced Thursday a proposal to replace trash and recycling carts. This aims to tackle issues within the city's waste collection system, ...

The city’s recycling rates rank among the worst in the state, and Mayor Smiley has been promising new trash and recycling ...

On Tuesday morning, recycling inspectors quickly checked recycling bins placed on the curb for any unapproved items. If the ...

Jerusalemites have several bins for sorting trash and recycling. But does this even matter, or does all the rubbish end up ...

Even pizza boxes which are made from cardboard aren't always fit for the blue bin, and trying to recycle them only makes the system run less efficiently. While any effort to recycle should be ...

A man has been charged with allegedly spraying antisemitic graffiti on homes and a school in Sydney's south and east. A Jewish school as well as a shopping centre were targeted in January with ...

A waste collection in Birmingham descended into chaos as rubbish-laden residents swarmed a bin lorry amid ongoing strikes by refuse collectors, which have led to 'rats becoming the size of cats.' ...

Birmingham’s bin-strike woes escalated this week when police were called to a mobile waste collection service that became swarmed by locals desperate to get rid of their rubbish. In Moseley ...

Strikes by refuse workers in Birmingham have led to scenes of chaos, with bins piling up on streets, reports of rats, and some residents saying their recycling hasn't been collected in a month ...

What happens to that single-use plastic bottle after you, a conscientious citizen, place it in a recycling bin? Most people, if they think about it at all, assume it really will be recycled ...

Outside, a butcher’s green bin has started to smell, while nearby a cairn of black bags sits atop a public waste container. While the dispute over waste management in the UK’s second city is a ...

Upon inspection, officers discovered that graffiti had been painted on various surfaces. The graffiti included alarming phrases such as “666” and “The devil rules.” This type of vandalism has left the ...