Michael Houseman never envisioned a future in compost. He’s the kind of guy who wears a beard, a comfortable hoodie and a Tacoma Rainiers cap. He comes home from work dirty, and it suits him; he has ...

Beginning on January 1, 2026, an additional four-cent charge will be added to each plastic bag sold by retailers and ...

Houston-based Waste Management has been named Recycler of the Year in the Innovation category by the Washington State Recycling Association (WSRA). Each year, WSRA presents Recycler of the Year awards ...

(TNS) — It's about to get a lot easier to dispose of waste in Whatcom, with the county Solid Waste Management Program unveiling a new digital tool on Friday, April 22. The tool, called Waste Wise, is ...

More than two decades after construction of the Hanford nuclear site’s massive vitrification plant began, the plant has taken one of the final steps to begin treating waste for disposal as soon as ...

The Department of Energy on Wednesday signed the paperwork needed to allow radioactive waste to be pumped into the Hanford nuclear site's vitrification plant 23 years after construction began, said ...

The Department of Energy has awarded an environmental cleanup contract for the Hanford site worth up to $45 billion to a newly formed limited liability company based in Lynchburg, Va. For the second ...

Nearly four years after Washington and federal officials began renegotiating plans and treatment deadlines for 56 million gallons of radioactive waste at the Hanford nuclear site, the Department of ...

A settlement agreement between Kitsap County and Waste Management calls for the company to pay an $83,150 fine for missed yard waste and recycling pickups in the summer and fall of 2021, when the ...

Nuclear waste shipments to the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant repository near Carlsbad were suspended for about two months as workers completed numerous maintenance projects at the underground facility.