After throwing out a banana peel, you probably never think about it again. When you put trash cans at the curb each week, you also likely don’t wonder what happens to the waste. Yet the moment that ...

Bricks made of discarded glass and recycling-waste ash have been shown to insulate better than regular bricks, while also requiring less energy to produce. And of course, they additionally use ...

SYRACUSE. N.Y. - The proposed ash-for-trash deal between Onondaga and Cortland counties failed a critical test Thursday night when the Cortland County Legislature rejected a proposal to import waste ...

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court, in a major setback for cities that burn ordinary trash collected from residents, ruled yesterday that toxic ash from incinerators cannot be buried in regular landfills.

An Earl Township landfill that stores ash from incineration plants has become a battleground between the Delaware County Solid Waste Authority — which owns the landfill — and environmentalists who ...