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 ...

After four years of planning for it as a cost-saving measure, last week’s rollout of a yearlong pilot program closing King County’s lone landfill on weekends created — well, a bit of a mess.

The old furniture abandoned on street corners? They all end up in the landfill. The government’s solution is to build 18 waste-to-energy (WTE) power plants across Peninsular Malaysia.

A mechanical dog unleashed at a California landfill can scamper over mountains of trash in hot pursuit of methane leaks. The four-legged robot is part of a pilot project that Orange County Waste ...

With St. Joseph’s landfill on the brink of a capacity crisis, Landfill Task Force members gathered at City Hall for a critical meeting Monday with local haulers to chart a path forward to ...

The Missouri Department of Natural Resources asked that the EPA assume oversight of the Bridgeton Landfill, arguing it may contain nuclear waste like the adjacent West Lake Landfill. Missouri ...

Board of Water Supply Manager and Chief Engineer Ernie Lau expressed his desire to protect Oahu’s drinking water during a news conference where Mayor Rick Blangiardi presented the city’s plan ...

Hundreds of tonnes of organic waste will be dumped in landfill after a massive fire ripped through a Cairns factory, throwing the city's green waste plans into disarray. About 40 firefighters ...

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Night - Cloudy with a 68% chance of precipitation. Winds variable at 6 to 11 mph (9.7 to 17.7 kph). The overnight low will be 7 °F (-13.9 °C). Cloudy with a high of 10 °F (-12.2 °C) and a 63% ...

A bill proposed by state Rep. Sean Quinlan would bar siting landfills over aquifers but loosen restrictions against placing them near communities. After more than 150 people spoke out last week ...

The family of a missing Warren mother of two said police have concluded their search for her body at a landfill in northern Macomb County "without success." Law enforcement personnel had been ...