A massive spike in the cost of recyclables per ton has been favorable for the industry. What is going on with the Global Plastics Treaty? Waste360 readers discovered all of this plus more in this week's top stories.

After a local trash and recycling hauler in the Erie, Pa. area is believed to be going out of business, the community is stammering to find a new provider...

Ibrahim Mohamed is an Egyptian American engineer working in the world of subsurface engineering. Graduating at the University of Cairo and immediately joining the Advantek Waste Management team, he has worked with the company since.

In Kenya, a kilogram of recyclable plastic is worth 17 shillings, which is equivalent to about $0.14 USD. Where it is possible to make money, people will do what they must to make ends meet and feed themselves and their families...

Odors emitted from Bridgeton Landfilll in St. Louis, Missouri can exacerbate health issues but do not cause cancer...

A woman named Mari Nagy is filing a class action negligence and nuisance lawsuit claiming a nearby landfill, Lordstown Construction Recovery, isn't doing as much as they can to prevent orders and dust from dispursing throughout the neighborhoods...

Lightning struck a landfill in Olathe, Kansas on August 3, 2022...

In 1993, landfill workers at the Madera County landfill in California discovered fossils beneath the site...

After a heatwave across the U.S., temperatures in Kansas hit over 90 degrees Fahrenheit...