Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. STORY: It's often called the “world’s highest garbage dump.” :: Mount Everest, Nepal Some estimate 50 metric tonnes of trash ...

In 1975, Palm Beach County and Broward County faced a garbage dilemma: How do we deal with the millions of tons generated each year? Palm Beach County went one direction. Broward County went another.

BEIRUT, Lebanon—Six-year-old Mina is talking animatedly about Saturday’s upcoming protests. “We want water! We want electricity!” she says, skipping down the street on the way to the demonstration.

Houston is taking a major step towards solving its long-standing garbage crisis. The city council is expected to approve over $11 million for new side-hauler trucks and contracts to clear the backlog ...

The stench of rotting garbage fills the air across six Massachusetts communities as mounting piles of uncollected trash transform quiet neighborhoods into potential health hazards. What began as a ...

In the heart of Harare, Zimbabwe, a growing network of informal workers is tackling one of the country's most pressing environmental and economic challenges — waste. Every day, The Associated Press ...

Standing over a waste-filled garbage cart, Gharam, 36, sifts through plastic bottles and cardboard boxes at a recycling centre in Ouzai, on the outskirts of Beirut. Gharam is one of six Syrian refugee ...

AWAY from the public eye until Jan. 8, in the small mountain barangay of Binaliw, is the private landfill — operational since 2019 — that has been receiving the bulk of Cebu City’s garbage. It’s where ...

On January 8, a mountain of debris collapsed at a 15-hectare landfill in the village of Binaliw, Cebu City, where over 100 ...

SEVERAL barangays in Cebu City have developed their own ways for garbage disposal amid the city's ongoing garbage ...