trash

Walmart stores on the East Coast will be the first to test a new collection system for 28 types of trash that TerraCycle turns into new products.

Don't toss that busted iPod. Don't just take those old books and CDs to a thrift store. These online outlets might give you cool cash for your castoffs.

More than 100 dump trucks piled high with garbage line the narrow road leading to Zhanglidong, waiting to empty their loads in a landfill as big as 20 football fields.

Fifty-thousand people produce a lot of trash. Who knew their dump site could be listed on the National Register of Historic Places?

China’s export downturn means it has less need for the United States’ recycled waste, and that means trash is piling up in both countries.