"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." Tossing out trash before the bag is completely full is a waste. It may seem like you can’t stuff anything ...

In the summer months, Chicagoans flock to the city's beautiful Lake Michigan waterfront. Given the kinds of winters they have to put up with, you can understand why. But one of the drawbacks to a day ...

A Sheepshead Bay legislator insists that high-tech, solar-powered trash compactors will solve the neighborhood’s litter problem — and claims he’ll pay to have them installed — even though the city ...

PATERSON — Alex Soto walked right past one of Paterson’s new $4,700 solar-powered sidewalk trash compactors on 10th Avenue last Thursday afternoon and instead dumped his empty juice bottle in a ...

A broken trash compactor at Kitsap County's Olympic View Transfer Station has halted trash collection around the county and left the station brimming with mounds of garbage it's struggling to get out ...

Epax Systems, Panorama City, California, has announced the formation of a new lease and rental division. Operating as Eco Rentals, the new division will focus on providing waste compaction solutions ...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Knoxville is moving forward with a plan to replace trash carts with compactors downtown, thanks to a $75,000 donation from the Downtown Knoxville Alliance. According to city ...

DAYTON, Ohio — A woman is in critical condition Monday after she reportedly fell down an high-rise apartment building’s garbage chute and into a trash compactor. Nick Judge, district chief for the ...

Downtown Knoxville could look and smell different once the city replaces 700 garbage and recycling carts, or "toters," lining downtown streets with as few as 10 large compactors, based on advice in a ...

In a pandemic dominated by swab tests, personal protective equipment and experimental treatments, one can imagine the vast quantity of waste created by the medical response to COVID-19. One Southern ...