Pay-as-you-throw is a policy that charges people for the amount of trash they toss out. It’s also sometimes called variable-rate pricing or pay-as-you-waste. Many cities and towns around the world, ...

As hospitals continuously generate waste, time and money is also unfortunately wasted when waste management procedures are not implemented and followed properly. Hospitals can unearth waste savings by ...

In the 1930s, workers in Kent County, Mich., collected food scraps directly from kitchens and delivered them to local piggeries. Between 1960 and 2020, the amount of food waste ending up in municipal ...

After falling short of its recycling goal in 2019, the city of Dayton hopes that its use of data-tracking technology will lead to more waste being diverted from the landfill. The city also will ...

If trends continue, it will take only five years to fill up the Cedar Rapids/Linn County Solid Waste Agency's recently opened 9-acre landfill cell, only 25 to 30 years to exhaust the current full site ...

The pay-as-you-throw plan for recycling was approved in the City and County of Denver. City council voted to add new fees aimed to cut down on waste. It will cost Denver residents a bit based on how ...