ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. – As of Jan. 1, Orange County's new trash collectors will pick up yard waste in old cans (not the newly-issued 55-gallon rolling bins) or plastic bags. But residents in East Orange ...

With winter in full swing, compostable yard-waste bags may not be the first thing you think of these days. But they’re worth pondering going into the new year. Why? Because today, a law takes effect ...

May 9—HIGH POINT — Starting this summer, High Point residents would no longer be able to use plastic bags for yard-waste collection, under a recommendation from city officials. Paper bags would ...

Men’s Journal aims to feature only the best products and services. If you buy something via one of our links, we may earn a commission. Raking leaves might be a necessary yard cleanup chore, but it ...

Starting Monday, Charlotte residents won’t be able to put yard waste in plastic bags for collection. Instead, people will need to use compostable paper bags or personal reusable containers that weigh ...

CHARLOTTE — City of Charlotte Solid Waste Services will host a yard waste bag exchange event on Saturday for residents who receive city collection. People will be able to exchange their plastic yard ...

CHARLOTTE — The city of Charlotte’s paper bag mandate for yard waste begins Monday, July 5. Residents who want leaves, grass clippings, small limbs, brush, and similar items collected must use ...

TAMPA, Fla. — In the coming months, any Tampa yard waste placed in plastic bags will be left on the curb. The city will stop accepting plastic bags of any kind in yard waste collection starting Feb. 1 ...

Charlotte residents will no longer be able to put yard waste in plastic bags for collection beginning this summer, the city announced Wednesday. To get yard waste — leaves, grass clippings, small ...

Houston is stopping curbside pickup of leaves and yard trimmings in plastic bags — a move intended to keep thousands of tons of the bags of vegetation out of landfills. But it's one thing to order the ...