Philadelphia officials are celebrating the expansion of the city’s twice-weekly trash collection. Initially, only South Philadelphia and Center City were beneficiaries of the twice-weekly pickups, but ...

Garbage contractors are burning waste instead of proper disposal. This has led to well-grown trees catching fire.

When Gardena Police Sgt. Nick Beering responded to reports of whimpers coming from a self-compacting trash can outside a ...

A one-year-old terrier mix tossed into a self-compacting trash can was rescued just in time by a police officer — who days ...