A Pittsburgh official proposed a $9 million purchase of new trash cans for every household in the city on Tuesday, saying the new cans would curb litter and improve garbage collection. Our news ...

A ruling on dog-waste-disposal etiquette. Horst writes: My wife and I walk our dogs twice a day, and as good citizens, we make use of poop bags. On trash days, I throw the bags into a neighbor’s ...

As the city of San Diego began delivering new gray trash bins to homes with city-provided trash and recycling service and removing the old black bins, the process hit some snags, leading some La Jolla ...

The beloved “trash panda,” also known as the raccoon (Procyon lotor), can survive in just about any type of environment. These intelligent little creatures have an iconic appearance with dexterous ...

San Diego’s chaotic shift in city trash service has begun to stabilize, with more customers signing up for new bins and more of the roughly 19,000 property owners who lost city service managing to ...

Restrooms are much-used, important spaces in the building, and prioritizing those spaces can improve employee and guest ...

Whether someone enters with germs or doesn’t get rid of them while using the facilities, door handles are the dirtiest ...

Tucson City Manager Mike Ortega has directed staff to begin delivering old garbage trucks and trash cans to South Tucson. The decision is a week ahead of the next City Council meeting, which would ...

HONOLULU (KHON2) — Most of us toss out cardboard tubes or old towels without a second thought. For animal shelters like the Hawaiian Humane Society, these everyday items we throw away can become ...