According to public health experts, the hospital waste includes a wide range of hazardous material such as used syringes, ...

You may have heard that recycling plastic grocery bags can jam up machinery, but what might not be as well known is that there are other ways to get rid of the stuff.

On a recent fall morning in central Harlem, stacks of plastic garbage bags filled the sidewalks in front of the well-kept brownstones. Some of the black bags leaked brownish-gray liquid, others sat ...

Citywide rules now require more buildings to place trash bags inside containers for pickup. Many New Yorkers are thrilled to see fewer rats, but some are discovering new headaches. By embracing the ...

While Mayor Adams didn’t invent the trash can, he’s made real progress in the war on rats with an official city bin that will be required for all residential properties with 1-9 units as of this ...

If thrown in the trash, plastic bags can take up to hundreds of years to degrade in landfills and release harmful microplastics into the environment. — Photo: AP/Joshua A. Bickel Soft, stretchy ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Soft, stretchy plastics can make up grocery bags, bubble wrap and more. They’re impossible to avoid and harder still to properly dispose of. If thrown in the trash, they can take up to ...