Every day, an average American generates nearly five pounds of waste: Food, paper, plastic, metal, textiles and others. After the truck picks up our trash bags, we usually don’t think about where all ...

What happens to your trash after you throw it away? It doesn't just disappear! Landfills are carefully designed to manage waste, prevent pollution, and even create energy. Discover the science behind ...

With the Chiquita Canyon Landfill in Santa Clarita Valley area shut down due to excessive odors as of Jan. 1, can other landfills in Los Angeles County handle the extra volume of trash? That is what a ...

In today's installment of "What We Do", we catch up with Amy Williams about her story taking a look at county landfills in Collier County and Lee County and the challenges each faces as the region ...