Yiping Yang is one of 14 middle-aged Asian workers who clean San Francisco's 2,800 public trash cans, photographed on Oct. 9, 2025. Photo by Yujie Zhou. When Yiping Yang moved from Taishan, China, to ...

A $9 million investment in new trash cans for every household in Pittsburgh could curb litter and improve garbage collection, Public Works Director Chris Hornstein told City Council members Tuesday.

A new Rutland business, Bin Force One, is Vermont's first professional trash bin cleaning service. Owner Connor Balestra was inspired to start the company after seeing a similar business on the social ...

A ruling on dog-waste-disposal etiquette. Horst writes: My wife and I walk our dogs twice a day, and as good citizens, we make use of poop bags. On trash days, I throw the bags into a neighbor’s ...

The best kitchen trash can is the true hero of your home. Without it, your cooking space becomes cluttered with food scraps and filled with unappetizing odors. If you’re like me, you’ve stuck to a ...

The humble garbage run is getting a high-tech overhaul. From robot trash haulers that arrive on demand to electric trucks designed to silence the morning clatter of diesel engines, waste collection is ...

Just because you’re putting trash in the garbage bin doesn’t mean you don’t need to clean it, too. Bins harbor dirt, grime, bacteria, mysterious liquids and foul smells — all of which can attract ...

The first tower of the Black Ops 6 Zombies map, Reckoning, has a lot of secrets that can be uncovered. Some of these hidden items are in an unlikely place: the trash cans. By interacting with these ...