SWACO expands recycling and accepts clear plastic containers used for food, urging proper cleaning before disposal.

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Every fall, Robert Cox and his family get a thrill when a family friend spies one of their pumpkins for sale at a Walmart in Alaska. It’s a long way from the 650-acre Eastern Washington farm ...

They're the detritus of commercial shipping containers lost in the open ocean. Most of the world's raw materials and everyday goods that are moved over long distances — from T-shirts to ...

Those materials are a combination of carbon-based “browns” (cardboard, paper ... You might be able to use a smaller countertop bin if your municipality has curbside composting; if you ...

They’re the detritus of commercial shipping containers lost in the open ocean. Volunteer beach cleaner Russ Lewis removes debris from shipping container spills that wash up on Washington’s Long Beach ...

That means residents will need to place all yard waste, like plants, leaves, twigs and grass, as well as food waste, like meat, bones, dairy, fruits and vegetables, in designated compost bins as ...

Millions of containers cross the oceans every year. Not everything gets to its destination. The Associated Press looked at what happens to the thousands of shipping containers that fall off ships and ...

They’re the detritus of commercial shipping containers lost in the open ocean. Most of the world’s raw materials and everyday goods that are moved over long distances — from T-shirts to ...

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The unloading of hundreds of containers with imported coffee beans at East Coast ports has stopped due to the strike of portworkers, aggravating the tight supply in the largest coffee-drinking nation.