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Regulators say Vermont's largest solid waste district needed approval for disposing of crushed glass that was supposed to be recycled.The District 4�
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Back in the day communities all over Vermont had their own town dump, basically holes in the ground where people could just get rid of whatever garbage�
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The U.S. recycling industry is facing a quandary: Too much of the plastic we use can't be recycled, and taxpayers increasingly are on the hook for paying for all that trash to hit the landfills.
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The city of Newport and a Northeast Kingdom trash hauler have raised concerns that the glass they paid to recycle was dumped instead.The mayor of Newport�
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Vermonters recycle about a third of their waste and composting efforts last year collected more food scraps than ever before. But a review of the state's�
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State lawmakers have passed a ban on single-use plastic bags and polystyrene food and drink containers. Now the final version of that bill is on its way�
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The state is investigating the Chittenden Solid Waste District for allegedly dumping glass it collects from northern Vermont instead of recycling the�
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Town meeting debate in several towns next week may turn to trash talk. Trash, that is, in the form of single-use plastic bags. Communities from Manchester�
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Upheavals in global markets will soon be felt in Vermonters� pocketbooks. The international market for some recyclable material has crashed, and that has�
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Recyclable materials are one of the US's major exports. And a lot of our "stuff" goes to China. Recent policy changes coming out of Beijing are aimed at�