Machine learning has been used to turn a survey of local waste-management practices into a global inventory of plastic emissions. The data show that tackling plastic pollution will require reduced ...

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Another so-called "little guy" might get gobbled up soon, and it may affect a vital consumer service. Houston-based Waste Management Inc. wants to buy Fort Lauderdale, Fla.-based Republic Services Inc ...

SEATTLE - Seattle-area garbage workers represented by Teamsters union Local 174 parked their trucks Wednesday and picked up picket signs, calling Waste Management Inc. unfair for refusing to bargain ...

SPOKANE, Wash. – National Waste & Recycling Workers Week concludes with insights from a local solid waste worker about the challenges faced on the job. Joe Stively, who has been in the solid waste ...