Local governments across the U.S. handle waste management, funding it through taxes and user fees. Until 2018, the U.S. exported huge quantities of recyclable materials, primarily to China. Then China ...

Pay-as-you-throw is a policy that charges people for the amount of trash they toss out. It’s also sometimes called variable-rate pricing or pay-as-you-waste. Many cities and towns around the world, ...

Devina Rankin wants to charge cities and towns more to pick up their trash and recyclables, since Americans working from home are producing more waste—and it costs more to get rid of it. “We need to ...