A decade ago, Pennsylvania’s Department of Environmental Protection published a study on radioactivity in the oil and gas industry, motivated by fears that increasing volumes of toxic fracking waste ...

[LINN COUNTY, Iowa] — The Linn County Solid Waste Agency landfill and recycling location in Marion will be closed on Friday. The closure is due to the forecasted extreme wind and wind direction. The ...

Since joining the EU in 2007, Romanians might’ve expected the country to have cleaned up its waste management practices by now. Yet it still relies on landfills, ranks last in recycling rates, and is ...

JAKARTA, Indonesia — A massive avalanche of garbage at Indonesia’s largest landfill killed seven people after heavy overnight rain triggered a rubbish dump collapse, officials said Tuesday. More than ...

The Bantargebang landfill processes most daily household waste in Jakarta Karla Marie Sanford has contributed to PEOPLE since 2026. Her work has previously appeared on the Los Angeles Times, ...