The bins are manufactured in Quebec. That price could go up if Trump follows through with his threat to impose a 25% tariff ...

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America leads the world in producing more trash than it knows what do with — running out of landfills by 2036.

Mayor Eric Adams’ administration says the rule — set to be approved after a Feb. 10 hearing and take effect Aug. 1 — will ...

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Climate change is contributing to a global rise in urban rat infestations, according to a new Science Advances study. As ...

Winters are getting warmer and shorter as the climate changes. That's helping rat populations grow in several U.S. cities.

There’s a saying that in a big city you are never more than six feet away from a rat. It’s an urban myth but scientists are ...

“But I’m happy I can’t smell that stench anymore ... 200 miles away to landfills in the Mojave Desert. New York City sends its garbage to dumps as far away as South Carolina.