Your trash might be worthless to you, but it’s a multibillion-dollar industry. Some states actually make money on trash, which might be keeping them from finding alternatives.
A Colorado company uses computer vision and robotics to improve recycling rates.
Municipalities around the country have had to delay or reschedule trash pickup days.
Meanwhile, closed offices, stores and stadiums have been producing a lot less commercial garbage.
After nearly four months of a mandatory waste-sorting plan, the city declares better than expected results.
A few lessons were learned in Washington, D.C., from the 2013 closure.
A city plan to increase recycling and food composting is in the works.
The smart cans are meant to save time and money, but some trash collectors are skeptical.
Quartz and Marketplace find out littering exists in space, too.
After a stinking week, disposal resumes in Beirut, but will the solution last?
