Elsewhere, landfill permit denials occurred in Virginia and Michigan, while a landfill odor lawsuit continues in Illinois and ...

Oregon Senate Bill 551, sponsored by Democrat Janeen Sollman of Hillsboro, would phase out all plastic checkout bags -- ...

LocalCoho, a soon-to-close salmon farm in the small upstate city of Auburn, wanted to give 40,000 pounds (18,100 kilograms) of coho salmon to the Food Bank of Central New York, a mother lode of ...

In an important development for the sustainability movement, Oregon and Colorado are implementing Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) laws ...

Republic Services’ request for a conditional use permit allowing the expansion of Coffin Butte Landfill should be rejected. Granting this permit would remove the current limit of 1.1 million tons ...

The move comes after Reworld Marion said it would stop accepting waste at the end of 2024 and burning will cease at the ...

The construction industry creates about 600 million tons of trash each year, more than twice the amount of everyday garbage ...

Many local nonprofit organizations say they are concerned after the U.S. Office of Management and Budget attempted to freeze ...

Clark County Public Health is celebrating the diversion of over 50,000 pounds of waste from landfills in 2024 through their ...

According to the city’s 2023 Point in Time Count, overall homelessness in Portland increased by 65% from 2015 to 2023, with ...

Nitrate pollution has worsened significantly in eastern Oregon over the past decade, according to a new analysis released by the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality. The report is the first ...

New laws and evolving technologies for breaking down polyurethanes aim to create a more circular economy for mattresses ...