While plans for finally removing radioactive waste from the Niagara Falls Storage Site in Lewiston look to be moving ahead, leaders of where the first phase of waste will end up are not happy about it ...

BEREA, Ohio (WOIO) - Sealed barrels labeled “Hazardous Waste” are lined up on North Rocky River Drive near a bridge in Berea, and people are trying to draw attention to the containers, which have been ...

GENESEE COUNTY, MI -- The county’s household hazardous waste collection days have become so popular that officials are planning a drawing to pick who gets to participate in the next event. The Genesee ...

Wayne Disposal Inc., one of the largest hazardous waste landfills in the country, is seeking to further expand its facility in Wayne County's Van Buren Township. The landfill's acceptance of toxic ...

Along the rivers that cut through Kenya’s villages, suburbs, and informal settlements, a quiet crisis has been unfolding.

AL.com worked with the Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism to report on how Wisconsin is sending its toxic PFAS waste to a landfill in the Alabama Black Belt. Here are seven takeaways. 1.

This article is the first in a series on the environmental costs of America’s last remaining alumina refinery. GRAMERCY — For several months, a River Parishes refinery unlawfully discharged industrial ...

As Emily McHugh and her family moved into a home on Ayres Street in Wayne County's Van Buren Township about a decade ago, they knew they were moving close to a landfill. "We weren't in a situation ...

As Emily McHugh and her family moved into a home on Ayres Street in Wayne County's Van Buren Township in Michigan about a decade ago, they knew they were moving close to a landfill. "We weren't in a ...

In the Zambian city of Kabwe, children suffer severe health effects due to lead poisoning because of extreme pollution from the toxic lead waste of a former mine. Zambia’s government is facilitating ...

California regulators are recommending the state weaken its hazardous waste disposal rules in a bid to dump contaminated soil at some municipal landfills within the state. State officials say revising ...