Experts say population growth, rising incomes leading to higher consumption, and a chronic lack of waste sorting and enforcement of disposal regulations have created the crisis.

Garbage-choked streets, overloaded landfills and the fear of trash avalanches haunt greater Jakarta, as the world's most ...

Garbage-choked streets, overloaded landfills, and the fear of trash avalanches haunt greater Jakarta, as the world’s most populous metropolis grapples with ...

Experts blame population growth, rising consumption and weak enforcement for the capital’s mounting waste problem.

Mounds of garbage have piled up on NYC streets as the city struggles with freezing temperatures and piles of ever-more-disgusting snow. Mayor Mamdani said garbage collection is running 24 hours behind ...

OpenJDK project teams will focus work on features such as value types, code reflection, AOT compilation, and structured concurrency in the coming year. Oracle’s Java team in 2026 will work toward ...

Rescuers detected signs of life in an avalanche of garbage that killed at least four workers and left more than 30 others missing Thursday in a central Philippines landfill and plan to intensify ...

Rescue workers searched on Friday for dozens of people buried under a mountain of garbage that collapsed at a landfill in the central Philippines, killing at least one. Nearly 50 people were buried ...

One person is dead following a pedestrian crash involving a garbage truck in Westland. The incident took place about 5:30 p.m. Monday, Dec. 22, on Akron Court in the Norwayne neighborhood, confirmed ...

ALEXANDRIA, Minn. — The driver of a garbage truck was injured Friday morning, Dec. 19, in a crash with a train in Central Minnesota. Officials were on the scene within 10 minutes of the 8:30 a.m.