In the past few months, the City of Frankfort has been exploring options for creating a more sustainable and efficient solid waste collection system. The city’s Public Works […] ...

Around the world, waste generation rates are rising. In 2020, the world was estimated to generate 2.24 billion tonnes of solid waste, amounting to a footprint of 0.79 kilograms per person per day.

Management of solid wastes and sewage are the subject of Chapter 21 of Agenda 21, which recognized that "environmentally sound management of wastes was among the environmental issues of major concern ...

A Missouri bill calls for a major overhaul of the state’s solid-waste laws, ending local waste management districts, imposing stricter landfill laws and shifting more oversight to the state.