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A change to the city’s refuse collection code would make littering and illegal dumping a first-degree misdemeanor, which could carry a fine of up to $1,000.

Illegal dumping is an unsightly and unsanitary problem—and one that cost the City of Columbus more than $2 million to clean up last year alone.

The new center opened Saturday at 1550 Georgesville Road. It is the second bulk collection in the city. The first one is located at 2100 Alum Creek Drive.

The Ohio EPA is cleaning up an illegal dump site in Clermont County.

Ohio is taking in trash from other states. Some lawmakers argue that Ohio’s small towns are paying the price.

Columbus residents who use shared, 300-gallon trash containers in alleyways to dispose of their trash may see their bins emptied more frequently.

In Cleveland, most of the recycling residents put at the curb is not being recycled. City leaders says it’s a problem many cities are dealing with...

"Your average thrift store in the United States only sells about one-third of the stuff that ends up on its shelves," Adam Minter says. His book explores what happens to the things that don't sell.

Sen. Rob Portman (R-Ohio) says as much as one-third of materials in recycling bins are going into landfills."This is unacceptable and I think most of my…

China is no longer taking the world's waste. The U.S. recycling industry is overwhelmed — it can't keep up with the plastic being churned out. This doesn't bode well for our plastic waste problem.