You might think tossing certain items into your backyard fire pit is harmless, maybe even convenient. After all, it's just a ...

As waste-disposal costs increase, Pima County Department of Environmental Quality reminds residents that burning trash is illegal in Pima County. The Department of Environmental Quality and local fire ...

I’ve often thought about how easy it is to toss, burn, or bury things in the backyard without considering the consequences. It turns out, some common items can cause real harm to the environment, your ...

It’s spring. Grass is turning green and the house and garden are in need of a cleanup. All the dead vegetation and other detritus in the garden and whatever else has piled up in the house and garage ...

Preliminary investigation revealed that a woman who was injured Saturday, March 8, had been burning trash in her back yard and poured gasoline on the trash to ignite the fire, the Sheriff’s Office ...

Effective Dec. 5, the Harris County Commissioners Court lifted a burn ban that had been in place for unincorporated Harris County since Oct. 16.

When John Wood thinks about the chores he did as a kid in 1960s Minneapolis, one job sticks out. He and his older brother would take out their family’s household trash and burn it in a barrel in their ...

Briauna Brown is a digital content producer for CBS Texas. A longtime and versatile journalist, Briauna writes, edits and produces social media content for all CBS Texas digital platforms. A Tarrant ...

JACKSONVILLE, N.C. (WNCT) — With fire season starting, officials with the North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality’s Air Quality Division wants to remind people it is illegal to burn trash.

COLUMBIA, S.C. (WIS) -Sponsored by Capital Waste Services. In the south, its not uncommon to see people burning trash in their yards but should they be? Today we spoke with the South Carolina Forestry ...