Heaps of refuse have taken over the old Ogun Radio along Ayetoro Road in Abeokuta, Ogun State as residents abandoned waste bins provided by the state government. Our correspondent who went around the ...

Mrs Amina Sijuwade, the Commissioner for Environment and Natural Resources, disclosed this at the launch of the distribution of N40 million refuse containers. She said that the government acquired the ...

It's one thing many households have in common – the fortnightly ritual of putting out the bins for the council to whisk away is one of the most visible signs of what we spend our local taxes on.

Household food waste will have to be picked up weekly under government plans, following anger over reduced bin collections. The move, proposed by Environment Secretary Michael Gove, forms part of an ...

Stinking piles of waste, furious protests and a giant rat costume are among the dramatic scenes Birmingham saw this year amid ...

A binman has explained refuse collectors can refuse to take away rubbish. In January, one particular error could cause people ...

A staggering 2,375 recycling bins were left unemptied in Middlesbrough - because they contained banned items like pizza boxes. Refuse collectors - branded the “bin police” by one resident this week - ...

Council workers have outraged residents by slapping 'tags of shame' on their bins in what bosses say is a new initiative to 're-educate' families about recycling. The row over collections by South ...

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