Colleen O’Neil, of the Mountain Watershed Association, fixes a crooked sign posted near a landfill's discharge pipe that flows into Sewickley Creek in Yukon, Pa. This article originally appeared on ...

What to do about rechargeable and lead acid batteries at the Lyon County Landfill? That was the question at Tuesday’s Lyon County Board of Commissioners meeting, and it was brought up because of the ...

The Chiquita Canyon Landfill in Southern California is a significant source of methane gas pollution, impacting the health of nearby residents. However, state officials have yet to address the ...

HURLEY, N.Y. — Decades of landfill equipment problems and ignored environmental issues are part of a 1,396-page report on studies to be done to end widespread contamination. The report issued on ...

Environmental stewardship requires more than protecting our own backyard. We must address the waste problem at the source — our own habits. A view of a valley in Seneca County that Seneca Meadows ...

A truck drops off trash on the South Kent County Landfill. (Photo by Nick Hagen / Planet Detroit) This is your first of three free stories this month. Become a free or sustaining member to read ...

The Waste to Jobs Act introduced in TN's 114th legislative session offers a plan to reduce waste by turning it into economic opportunity.

About an hour drive northwest of Savannah is the Candler County Landfill in Metter, Ga., where piles of dirt sit among the pines off I-121. Over the past few months, fewer and fewer trucks rumble in ...

The soft, absorbent boom that has played the biggest role in containing the spill alone would measure more than twice the length of California's coastline, or about 2,000 miles. More than 50,000 tons ...

Closed landfills offer a viable and underutilized space for solar farm development, addressing both land scarcity and waste management concerns. Solar farms on landfills provide a sustainable solution ...