Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Trucks hauling material to the Waste Management landfill site just outside Kettleman City, home to the largest toxic waste dump in ...

The Regional District of Kootenay Boundary (RDKB) is moving into the next phase of its Solid Waste Management Plan update — and residents are invited to take part.

A state environmental oversight board voted unanimously to rescind a controversial proposal that would have permitted California municipal landfills to accept contaminated soil that is currently ...

WHITELAND, Ind. (WISH) — The Indiana Department of Environmental Management on Wednesday had an open house at a Johnson County Public Library branch to discuss its proposed materials management plan.

MIAMI - It's the age-old saga of not in my backyard. The Miami-Dade Commission discussed the controversial issue of where to build a new waste management site at Wednesday's meeting. In the end, after ...

California regulators are recommending the state weaken its hazardous waste disposal rules in a bid to dump contaminated soil at some municipal landfills within the state. State officials say revising ...

“It’s an issue with statewide implications. Not only does Seneca Meadows accept trash from all around New York—30 percent of it comes from New York City—the landfill exports toxic leachate to Buffalo, ...

Editor’s Note: News 5 has revised this article to correct crucial details about the proposal, the petitioner, and the vote that could be held on this issue. We regret these errors. MOBILE COUNTY, Ala.