Henderson Island in the middle of the Pacific Ocean has not been inhabited by humans for centuries, but it is inhabited by trash. In fact, a newly released study says it's the area most densely ...

Prosecutors say a city official on Jeju Island in South Korea stole more than $400,000 by pocketing the sale of government-issued trash bags that cost as little as 7 cents each.

AUSTRALIA -- New research published Thursday estimates that roughly 414 million pieces of trash have washed ashore on the Cocos (Keeling) Islands. The research was published in the Scientific Reports ...

PHUKET, Thailand (Reuters) -Plastic bottles and empty beer cans roll on the sea floor in the waters around Phuket in southern Thailand, while ever more garbage piles up on the island itself, a tourist ...

Heaps of trash left behind by prehistoric humans might have given rise to many of the tree islands found in the Florida Everglades, researchers find. Tree islands are patches of relatively high and ...

DONGAN HILLS, Staten Island (WABC) -- Neighbors are fuming over trash bags piling up outside their homes on Staten Island and are wondering if a work slowdown is to blame. "It's garbage. Eventually it ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Staten Island Business Improvement Districts are preparing for New York City’s new trash containerization rules, but without increasing costs to their members, according to local ...

TINGLOY, BATANGAS, Philippines — Gentle scissor snips complement the night’s sounds. It’s 4 a.m. and most people are still asleep, but inside a modest house is a janitor on a mission. “I’m already up ...