The interim rates are effective January 1, 2025. Solid Waste Management Services is a rate-based program where residents pay fees for the services they receive based on the size of their garbage bin.

The world is miserable at recycling plastics. Currently, just 10–15% of the plastic waste we generate annually is recycled — with the rest incinerated, buried in landfill or dumped as litter 1, 2.

Before my most recent kitchen trash can purchase, I never thought very hard about what I was buying — and that was a mistake. While technically any old vessel will work fine enough, there are ...

Mixue Malaysia Sdn Bhd has assured its customers of its halal status, emphasising its compliance with halal standards and apologised for an outlet's use of a type of garbage bag. In a statement ...

PETALING JAYA, Jan 28 — Mixue Malaysia has apologised following concerns over halal compliance at one of its outlets after garbage bags with questionable labels were found in use, according to Free ...

Piles of trash at a dump in Denver. Every second, Americans throw away enough trash to fill three Empire State Buildings. The United States has earned the dubious distinction of being the world ...

We define such periods as ‘historical garbage time’.” Initially offered as a description of the sclerotic final years of the Soviet Union, it was also applied to certain episodes in ancient ...

Recycling rates are rising under the new system for collecting Cornwall's household waste. BBC Young Reporter Isabella visits a charity in Barnsley to see how they're recycling unwanted food. A ...

Q: Do I need to clean my garbage disposal and, if so, what’s the best way to do it? A: Given that it’s called a garbage disposal, you might think that this appliance is likely to reek if it ...

It is early morning, and 31-year-old Daniel Silberstein collects his bike from the storeroom in his block of flats. But not before he has separated out his empty ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Tall, pointed and smelly, the corpse flower is scientifically known as amorphophallus titanum — or bunga ...