The U.S. generates 292 million tons of trash each year – and that trash has to go somewhere.  Sometimes, that’s to an ...

Trash incinerator formerly owned by Covanta, now known as Reworld, in Chester, Pa. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY) This story is part of the WHYY News Climate Desk, bringing you news and solutions for our ...

Dozens of the 57 public commenters at Thursday's City Council meeting came out to speak for or against a trash incineration bill, but the legislation was pulled at the last minute by Councilmember ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Will a modern incinerator, as imagined here in this rendering of a possible trash-burning facility, ever get built in Miami-Dade?

A group from Chester protested Philadelphia burning its trash in their city at a town hall. Residents say the incinerator is harming their health and want the city to use landfills instead.

Public parks — open, green lawns or idyllic, forested get-aways — help bring nature into cities. But some municipalities built recreational spaces over soil contaminated by industrial activities. Now, ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. As Miami-Dade’s elected leaders drag their feet on where to put a new garbage incinerator and how to pay for it, the two companies ...

Montgomery County may need to spend more than $57 million over four years on maintenance for the county’s trash incinerator in Dickerson despite County Executive Marc Elrich promising years ago to ...

PHILADELPHIA - A group from Chester gathered outside Mayor Cherelle Parker's town hall budget meeting in Southwest Philadelphia, demanding the city stop burning its trash in Chester. A small but ...

Weeks after Miami-Dade commissioners rejected a $14 yearly increase in county garbage rates for 2027, the county mayor says it may be time to abandon a plan to spend $2 billion building a new trash ...