School of Public Health researchers find that the industry focuses more on traditional occupational health hazards and less on the social determinants of worker health Texas A&M University Workers in ...

It's Waste and Recycling Workers Week-- a great time to show appreciation to those who help keep our city clean! Stephanie Rawson, Community Stewardship Manager for Metro, joined us to share how we ...

RAVE to Waste Management workers. I imagine the workers who collect our garbage and recycling week in and week out don’t get many on-the-job kudos. Well, my rave goes to the Waste Management team who ...

WHEELING, Ill. (WLS) -- Dozens of pets at a suburban shelter were rescued thanks to the efforts of a trash collector. He noticed something was wrong, and alerted authorities, saving those animals from ...

SPOKANE, Wash. – National Waste & Recycling Workers Week concludes with insights from a local solid waste worker about the challenges faced on the job. Joe Stively, who has been in the solid waste ...

After experiencing three garbage-truck fires in six weeks, officials in Australia have sounded the alarm on the disposing of lithium-ion batteries in the trash or curbside recycling, according to ...

A man was struck by a work vehicle on his first day on the job at a waste and recycling facility in England. The worker suffered multiple injuries. An investigation was recently conducted into the ...