Mille Lacs is the 13th lake and the first in the Upper Midwest to be examined by Clean Up the Lake, a small organization that made a name for itself in 2022 by pulling 25,000 pounds of trash from ...

Officials say there are safety challenges with crews getting into the pond and trying to reach the trash that floats in the water. By Vince Ybarra. Wednesday, August 2, 2023.

The trash trap is V-shaped, so the water naturally pushes trash toward the middle while the edges of the "V" touch the river banks, blocking any trash from moving past it.

DC 33, one of Philadelphia's largest blue-collar unions, is in strike, which will impact airport services, trash collections and 911 dispatch.

In just its first few weeks in operation, a low-tech water wheel has already scooped up enough trash and debris from the Upper Newport Bay to fill nine dumpsters — including a mattress and more ...

The Community Planning Association of Southwest Idaho estimates Ada County’s population at 822,890 this year, up from 801,530 in 2023. Canyon County’s current estimate is 265,300, up from 256,940.

Twenty bottles, each fitted with a tracker and a scannable QR code, were dropped into the water off Stony Brook Drive at 10 a.m. ... underscoring how quickly trash can migrate downstream.