The past two months have been the worst on record since I began reporting waste and recycling facility fire incidents in 2016. In March, we incurred 31 reported fire incidents, which is still below the lithium-ion battery wave we faced in 2018...

About a half dozen sanitation workers assisted a couple in North Carolina after they accidentally threw out a substantial amount of jewelry...

Employees at a Republic Service landfill in Lorain County, Ohio recently saw what they thought was a human hand in a load that was dropped off...

A group of Pheasant Point Landfill employees and two Nebraska business owners allegedly particpated in a weighing scheme that would benefit the participating parties...

Hartland, Maine residents will meet in April to decide if the town’s old landfill will stay open or close. Either way the decision will have long term consequences for the town of about 1,600 residents.  ...

Promontory Point Resources is seeking a Class V landfill permit from Utah's Department of Environmental Quality to move contaiminated soil from superfund sites to its landfill...

Operators of a 77-acre landfill in Bordeaux, Tenn. are seeking an approval to expand the facility...

Mississippi's House of Representatives has passed H.B. 949, a bill that would prevent a third landfill from coming to fruition...

Landfill operators are standing at attention to avoid public and private nuisance lawsuits, mainly around odor; and these suits are on the rise as disposal sites expand and housing developments continue to pop up close to them. They can be tough...

Juneau, Alaska's rainy environment has allowed the city's landfill to break down waste at a rapid pace, but that also means that more methane and sulfur are being produced...