Landfills are hardly a pretty thing to imagine —let alone see. However, waste management has put effort into making them look ...

This story is part of the WHYY News Climate Desk, bringing you news and solutions for our changing region. From the Poconos to the Jersey Shore to the mouth of the Delaware Bay, what do you want to ...

A watchdog report finds NC among the many states struggling to keep “forever chemicals” from landfills out of rivers and ...

Landfills are one of California’s largest sources of the greenhouse gas methane, which is dozens of times more powerful than carbon dioxide at heating up the planet. But even when landfills shut down, ...

Most people are familiar with the three “Rs”—reduce, reuse and recycle. But Quad R Materials, Statesville, North Carolina, is introducing a fourth: reclamation. Quad R Materials was formed in 2023 by ...

This story is part of a series of check-ins on where things stand on big issues like housing, immigration and education at the midpoint of the State House calendar ...

Consider the humble T-shirt. A wardrobe staple for more than a century, the T-shirt has become a ubiquitous component of most closets. Yet, no matter their origin–a three-pack, a concert merch table, ...

As of Wednesday, a fire at a landfill northwest of Birmingham was still smoldering, more than 24 hours after it began.