Legal

A lawsuit filed in December 2017 alleged town officials overcharged customers for waste services and used the funds for other government services.

The settlement includes a $1.71 million penalty to resolve alleged violations of past water pollution, solid waste and air pollution control laws.

Jay Schwartz, the latest to be indicted in the Macomb County, Mich., corruption probe, faces three counts of bribery and bribery conspiracy.

Opponents fear the incinerator will contribute to climate change and add to London’s pollution levels.

The judge ruled that the Saugus Board of Health and Conservation Law Foundation failed to demonstrate a previous MassDEP decision was unlawful.

The town received $180,000 toward the purchase of two new automated trash collection trucks.

DTSC found that Strategic Materials mismanaged batteries mixed in with the glass sorted from curbside recycling.

The containers—five headed back to Hong Kong and two to France—housed a combination of trash, plastic waste and hazardous materials.

In 2016, the Basel Action Network tracked LCD screens and found some delivered to Total Reclaim ended up in Hong Kong and were dismantled in unsafe conditions.

Most state courts have ruled that warrantless garbage searches are acceptable under a certain standard. So, it’s newsworthy when a state favors individual rights.