Rodents have apparently gnawed clear through the dense plastic of the Big Apple ‘s supposedly “rat proof” new trash bins — but the city said the results show the containers are largely keeping the ...

Where do pizza boxes go? What exactly is rigid plastic? How clean do empty jars need to be? Relax, experts say.

A 4-year-old male Newfoundland Labrador Retriever was discovered dead in a garbage bag inside a trash can on First Street, prompting an investigation by the Ren ...

Sorting out answers at Staten Island’s giant paper pulp vat and the massive sifter in Brooklyn — including why seeing metal thrown in the trash makes one waste expert “weak in the knees.” ...

A Salem man served as the ringleader of a multimillion-dollar marijuana drug trafficking operation that marketed butane hash oil, THC-infused candy and cereals and psilocybin mushrooms online and then ...

Even if you take the garbage out regularly, less-than-fragrant smells can escape and invade your house and garage. Cleaning your trash can doesn’t have to be complicated, and there are plenty of DIY ...

Residents in Phillipsburg had a lot to say about a garbage can mandate when it was announced, and even more after it went ...