Trash

A community program in Baltimore aims to spread "compost fever."

Plastic trash bags, and the rats they attract, are very visible parts of the New York landscape. A plan to bring in bins may squeeze scarce space.

Municipalities around the country have had to delay or reschedule trash pickup days.

As Scotland’s most populous city prepares to host the latest U.N. Climate Change summit, some local politicians fret about the global spotlight falling on their city’s alleged lack of cleanliness.

Meanwhile, closed offices, stores and stadiums have been producing a lot less commercial garbage.

It's the urban underbelly of the Marie Kondo effect.

Brighton is getting creative with its waste disposal methods.

Online shopping comes with a lot of packaging, and that packaging is becoming a problem.

It will no longer import recycled scrap from the U.S. So what do we do with it?