May 22, 2017 | Steve Milne
A waste management agency in South Lake Tahoe has started offering homeowners loans to buy bear-proof garbage bins. It's an effort to reduce conflicts with the animals who wander into neighborhoods in search of food.
April 10, 2017 | Rich Ibarra
Twice in a week, highly explosive drug waste was dumped on and near Calaveras High School. The illegal dumping is not only a danger, but also expensive to clean up.
June 2, 2016 | Steve Milne
Yolo County is getting ready to open an unusual thrift store. It's located at the Central Landfill in between Woodland and Davis and it's stocked with things that people intended to throw away.
January 12, 2016 | Amy Quinton
Californians should now have a place to recycle used mattresses for free.
July 14, 2015 | Lesley McClurg
Raley's supermarkets are selling aesthetically “imperfect” produce at 10 California stores to shrink food waste.
February 25, 2015 | Bob Moffitt
UPDATE: If you live in the City of Sacramento your garbage bill may go up by about a dollar a month starting in July. Last night, the Utility Rates Advisory Commission approved a proposal to increase rates each of the next three years.
January 20, 2015 | Lesley McClurg
A UC Davis student is on a mission to stop food waste by placing a refrigerator in his front yard for neighbors to share leftovers.
January 6, 2015 | Bob Moffitt
If you live in the city of Roseville, there's a good chance your trash day is changing this week. The City says the change will save hundreds-of-thousands of dollars each year.
April 22, 2014 | Amy Quinton
The City of Elk Grove celebrated Earth Day Tuesday by opening the first-of-its-kind facility to collect hazardous and electronic waste.
