Opinion
COMMENTARY: How much of what you recycle ends up at the dump?
Do you cross the street to put your soda can in the recycling bin or avidly pluck plastics and paper from your neighbor’s trash cans? The current state of recycling in the United States may ...
East Grand Forks city meeting canceled
The East Grand Forks City Council work session scheduled for Feb. 11 has been canceled. The city made the announcement Friday, Feb. 7. The cancellation comes as a result of a lack of agenda items, the ...
Hutchinson’s CreekSide Soils wants to educate, change
At the back of CreekSide Soils’ main building, an immense metal door eases open. A dump truck turns slowly into the entrance, pops its hydraulic lift and sprays the floor with what Andy ...
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Middle Sees Savings as It Changes Trash Pickup Rules
The Township Committee has set limits on the size of trash receptacles residents can put out through an ordinance change adopted on Monday, Feb. 3. Under the change a single-family residence will be ...
The Bakersfield Californian22h
City to host large item drop-off Saturday
The city of Bakersfield will accept items too large for residential trash bins during a free bulky item drop-off event from 8 ...
The Newtown Bee1d
Save-As-You-Throw Coming To Newtown Transfer Station July 1
Newtown residents will no longer pay for transfer station permits. Instead, those who use the Town transfer station on Ethan ...
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Gainesville City Commission votes to increase garbage rates 20%
The Gainesville City Commission voted on first reading to place the Florida Theater on the local register of historic places and to implement a 20% increase in residential garbage rates— initially ...
Rats Are Infesting More Homes Than Ever—Here’s How You Can Keep Them Out
These experts can tell you how you can try to fix a problem, and they can ensure a thorough extermination of the rats with ...
THE CITY on MSN11d
Recycling in NYC is Easier Than You Think: A Guide for the Confused
New Yorkers send a literal mountain of stuff — over 600,000 tons of material — to be recycled through curbside recycling ...
Yahoo News Canada15d
New Yorkers may be allowed to use paid sick leave to look after pets
"Anything we can do to keep pets and families together is going to help shelters and help people." Not everyone agreed. Dog owner Mieke Vandersall said the city should find more effective ways to help ...
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2,000-Year-Old Greek Statue Found Abandoned in a Bag Near Trash Cans: Police
Greek authorities said the statue is from the Hellenistic period Greek Police A statue dating back more than 2,000 years was allegedly found in a black bag ... garbage bins in a part of the Greek ...
The Washington Post16d
Man finds 2,000-year-old Greek statue dumped near trash cans
An ancient marble statue of a woman believed to be more than 2,000 years old was found dumped near a cluster of garbage bins in Greece ... the artifact in a black bag in the college town of ...