Georgetown will raise its rates for residential and commercial trash as well as recycling services beginning Oct. 1. The rate ...

LAPU-LAPU CITY, Cebu — Cebu City has introduced a desalination machine that extracts fresh water from brackish water as a way ...

PARMA HEIGHTS, Ohio -- With an expiring Republic Waste Services garbage and recycling contract, City Council recently approved a new three-year agreement with Rumpke Waste and Recycling. Mayor Marie ...

Walk-in tubs make bathing safer for senior adults and people with mobility challenges, as they can help decrease the risk for falls, injuries and hospitalization. However, walk-in tubs are a major ...

The garbage disposal was reportedly invented in 1927 by John J. Hammes, though appliance company General Electric disputes this, citing the fact that their version officially hit markets before Hammes ...

Out in the Pacific Ocean, between Hawaii and California, is the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, a swirl of plastic trash more than twice the size of Texas. As pieces of plastic tumble against each other, ...

For years, Houstonians have been able to avoid paying monthly trash pickup fees—even as most major Texas cities have charged for the service. Now, that could be changing. The proposed fee would start ...

Dear Heloise: I am 82. When we travel, I pack a suction-cup grab bar. In hotels or other places, I stick it to the shower wall and have something sturdy to hold and steady myself with. These things ...

Thousands more specialized trash bins will be coming to neighborhoods across New York City's five boroughs over the next year and a half in an attempt to mitigate the city's ongoing rat problem, Mayor ...

Driving in Ellicott City on Saturday, Gwen Everett almost couldn’t believe the amount of trash she saw on the side of the northbound ramp from Route 103 to U.S. Route 29 — an upside-down wooden side ...