Litter bins: In Manchester we have approximately 3000 litter bins in the city centre and it’s wards. Our litter bins are of different types and different sizes depending on where they are located. Our Street Scene Services officers constantly patrol the streets ensuring that the bins are emptied and available for use. Manchester City Council is [...]

The Telluride Film Festival, Telluride, Colorado September 4-7, 2009 The Telluride Film Festival features more than 40 programs screened over nine venues.

Veolia American company RecycleBank is in talks to introduce its recycling incentive scheme in “a number of London boroughs” following the successful roll-out of its first UK trial in the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead to award residents points based on how much of their waste is recycled.

See how other countries are recycling their waste. As we build up our own collection of green trash cans from around the world’ treehugger’ has a wonderful collection of green trash cans in a slideshow on their website. Look through the collection of nineteen green trash cans and find out where these three green trash [...]

When you are visiting Disneyland keep an eye out for the PUSH talking trash can and PIPA the talking recycling can.

A new trash bin solution at a local beach community is using the power of the sun.  The solar powered litter basket on Avenida de la Playa at La Jolla Shores is ready to swallow your trash.

Try your hand at shrinking the amount of new material going into landfill. Everyone should visit a landfill area. When you say you’re throwing something AWAY, it’s not really away. It’s that place called Landfill.

It’s big. It’s brainy. Officials say it will save money. And it’s solar-powered to boot. Philadelphia installed the first of a new generation of trash containers yesterday, and it had officials giddy with green. They all but hugged the thing as they posed with it and cut a big green ribbon tied around its middle. [...]

Rubbish bins in the shape of giant rabbits with flashing ears have been created by fashion designer Paul Smith in a bid to reduce London’s litter. The 5ft (1.5m) rabbits, whose ears light up when rubbish is put in them, will be tested for four months. Mr Smith said he designed the bin because the [...]