Mr. Clapp is a journalist and the author of “Waste Wars: The Wild Afterlife of Your Trash,” from which this essay is adapted. In the closing years of the Cold War, something strange started to ...

Buried deep in a Welsh landfill, beneath layers of years-old garbage, there is a hard drive that holds the key to almost $800 million in bitcoin – or so James Howells believes, after ...

One thousand years ago, people along Israel’s Mediterranean coast dug deeply enclosed plots in the sand, filled them with 80,000 tonnes of trash and used the fertile soil that formed for farming ...

NARA, Japan — As peckish deer chase delighted tourists in Japan's temple-dotted Nara Park, a quiet but dedicated team of litter-pickers patrols the stone paths, collecting plastic waste that threatens ...

MACON, Ga. — Neighbors on Center Street in Macon's Fort Hill say trash is being thrown everywhere, making part of the street undrivable. “I just feel so ashamed to walk through here,” Johnny ...

Drones used for busting barricaded suspects and teen subway surfers could one day monitor New Yorkers’ garbage, too. The city Department of Sanitation is considering whether to enlist a fleet of ...

OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - It’s the trash sensation sweeping Mavs nation. “It was a simple thing to motivate the team,” Omaha associate head coach Kyan Brown said. “It’s kind of crazy what it ...

DORAL, Fla. — Two years ago, Miami-Dade County awoke to a garbage nightmare. Both of the county landfills were nearly full, and the aging incinerator that once burned the lion’s share of the ...

Greek authorities said the statue is from the Hellenistic period Greek Police A statue dating back more than 2,000 years was allegedly found in a black bag near garbage bins in a part of the Greek ...

An ancient marble statue of a woman believed to be more than 2,000 years old was found dumped near a cluster of garbage bins in Greece, kicking off a police investigation into potential illegal ...

LOS ANGELES — A group of bicyclists set off an explosion in a trash can, prompting a road closure and a traffic tie-up in downtown Los Angeles on Saturday night. The Los Angeles Police ...

The sculpture dates back to the Hellenistic period between 323 B.C. and 31 B.C. Authorities in Greece are investigating after a 2,000-year-old marble statue was discovered wrapped in a trash bag ...