Residents will pay an extra $83 annually starting next spring as waste trucks travel farther to new Axtell facility ...

Houston Mayor John Whitmire launched a $2 million heavy trash pickup sweep using a private contractor used for hurricane ...

The City of Houston is spending $2 million on outside help to pick up trash. Other advocates say the city needs to be spending vastly more, namely by implementing a solid waste fee.

CompuCycle, an industry leader in secure and sustainable IT Asset Disposition (ITAD) and electronics recycling,  announced it ...

For City of Georgetown residents, your yard trimmings collection day is your first recycling day of the month. Cardboard ...

Jarrett covers education, local government, transportation, business, real estate development and nonprofits in the Boerne and Fair Oaks Ranch area.

Starting Wednesday, the city says private contractor Ashbritt will help to clear the backlog. The mayor's office said they'll start on the southwest side, then move north. Philip D'Antoni has a home ...

Michael R. Bloomberg has believed mayors have plenty to teach each other since he was mayor of New York City and supported ...

We look ahead to the future of trash pickup in Houston. And our non-experts consider The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly of the ...

The city of Dallas says its solid waste collection trucks can't navigate narrow alleys. Now residents are being surveyed to see if they would be willing to pay to keep the service.

I live in Houston. I see it. I witness it and it’s unacceptable, so it’s a priority,” Houston Mayor John Whitmire said.

City officials say recycling contamination is improving in Corpus Christi as residents receive a holiday refresher on what ...