Giving bananas 'sad' labels helps us empathise with them, report scientists in Germany and at the University of Bath.

Tiruchi Corporation imposes spot penalties on businesses violating plastic ban to reduce littering in public areas.

New York City is now requiring some residents place their trash into garbage bins for pickup. Earlier this month, people ...

Kirk Herbstreit has had enough of seeing fans throw trash onto the field to protest calls against their teams. The ABC announcer berated both Texas and LSU fans after the latter threw trash onto ...

Composting helps to reduce food waste that would otherwise end up in a landfill. Set up clearly labeled bins for recycling bottles, cans and other packaging. Make sure guests know where to dispose ...

ATHENS, Ga. (AP) — A Venezuelan man “went hunting for females on the University of Georgia’s campus” earlier this year and ended up killing nursing student Laken Riley after a struggle, a ...

In Ibiza, the island's so-called "ecological" waste bins are gaining attention because the waste they are designed to separate ends up mixed together anyway. This mismanagement came to light after the ...

The best: a recent Play airlines flight from Iceland to New York where the flight attendants led passengers in a group stretch that ended in a trash pickup ... the overhead bins, paying for ...

And this contributes to wishcycling – 'namely, the disposal of consumer waste in a recycling bin in the hope of it being recycled, when it cannot or is unlikely to be'. 'These wishcycling ...

Eyewitness footage shows a rubbish bin floating down a flooded street and the Guadalmedina River overflowing with murky water in Spain's Malaga. Credit: Belen Gonzalez GOP Rep. Steel concedes in ...

NEW YORK -- New York City's war on rats is entering its next phase Tuesday, with new trash bin rules for residents. Starting Nov. 12, residential buildings with one to nine units will be required ...