The New York State plastic bag ban will take effect on March 1.

The City Council recently voted to increase waste collection rates by $6.40 per month.

The state approved a hazardous waste renewal and expansion for U.S. Ecology’s Detroit North plant.

Nearly 90 percent of the city’s total costs go toward cleanup; the remaining 10 percent goes toward prevention and outreach.

Berry Global Group is teaming with Georgia-Pacific Recycling to recover, segregate and reprocess post-consumer resin.

The proposed additions are for inbound residential single stream and inbound residential dual stream.

Through the partnership, Oregon consumers can directly deposit their bottle refunds into a state-administered college savings account.

The $45,000 grant from the Foam Recycling Coalition will increase the city’s capacity to manage and process more post-consumer foam polystyrene.

The City Council is moving forward with a vetting process for trash hauling companies looking to service one of four waste zones in the city.

The city’s single sort recycling program recycled 3,547 tons of aluminum, mixed paper, plastic, tin and glass in 2019.