When Orange County workers cranked up a one-day recycling center for used computer gear last week in Chapel Hill, they took the measure of a critical trash disposal challenge facing the state. By the ...

The state Senate is trying again to allow cities and towns to toss discarded televisions and computers into landfills. Senate Bill 553 would repeal the ban on throwing electronics in dumps. Sen. Andy ...

Remember the banana peels, apple cores, and leftover pizza you recently threw in the garbage? Today, your food waste—and your neighbors’—is emitting climate-warming greenhouse gases as it decomposes ...