A wind advisory went into effect at the Hastings Solid Waste Landfill due to wind speeds reaching 29 mph and gusts of 35 mph.

Drivers headed into the city last week may have noticed a loud plea for lawmakers and state officials to more deeply examine possible health and environmental hazards emanating from the S.A. Dunn ...

America leads the world in producing more trash than it knows what do with — running out of landfills by 2036.

Six bills that seek to prevent new solid waste landfills to be placed above fresh groundwater sources anywhere in Hawaii are under review by the state Legislature. The legislation emerged after ...

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - State and city lawmakers and community leaders are backing legislation that would prohibit landfills from being built over aquifers. Lawmakers said they introduced bills ...

HONOLULU (KHON2) — Communities alarmed over the location of a new landfill are hoping for better solutions. Get Hawaii’s latest morning news delivered to your inbox, sign up for News 2 You ...

The St. Clair County Board of Commissioners heard a presentation during its board meeting Thursday on how the county might ...

Previously, BWS objected to the city siting a landfill within its so-called “no-pass zone, ” an area that covers the interior of the island where Oahu’s potable water aquifer is located. ...

DORAL, Fla. — Two years ago, Miami-Dade County awoke to a garbage nightmare. Both of the county landfills were nearly full, and the aging incinerator that once burned the lion’s share of the ...

Our landfills are at capacity ... Need a break? Play the USA TODAY Daily Crossword Puzzle. Under this legislation, international corporations will voluntarily fund recycling operations ...