Binghamton mayoral candidate Miles Burnett recently launched a petition calling for the city to finally abandon what he calls ...

Plastic bag bans really do work with shoreline litter slashed by almost half, according to new research. The introduction of fees or bans for the ubiquitous carriers has led to a 47% drop in ...

Stickers now sell for $65 each, and residents purchase specially marked garbage bags priced by the size ($1.25 for a 15-gallon bag, $2.50 for 33 gallons). That means a household producing one ...

NEW ROCHELLE, NY — Police are investigating the suspicious death of a dog discovered in a trash bag on a city street. On Thursday, shortly before 4:30 p.m., New Rochelle police responded to a ...

Provocative Georgian showman Demna is to take a final bow after 10 years at Balenciaga during Paris Haute Couture Week, which ...

Taken together, the findings mean that bag bans and fees aren’t a plastic panacea but do matter. “These plastic bag policies are only targeting this one type of item,” Papp says.

Workers remove a ball of trash from the lawn of the Texas Capitol on April 29, 2015. The Texas Department of Transportation used the ball as a prop as part of the “Don’t mess with Texas ...

A weekend party bus ride through Downtown Memphis went wrong Saturday when the bus burst into flames. No one was injured. Now ...

Answer: I’ve noticed the trash bins, too, and have wondered, not only why they’re placed there, but also why there are three and why one is off by itself. There’s even a “No Parking ...

Regulations cut plastic bag waste on shorelines by close to 50% finds a new study.