Disposable vapes are becoming one of the most troubling forms of waste. In addition to nicotine residue and plastic waste, these devices contain batteries that can cause fires. The Straits Times ...

BLOOMINGTON, Ill. (WMBD) — One person was displaced after a house fire caused by improper disposal of smoking materials Tuesday evening. Crews with the Bloomington Fire Department were called to a ...

Everything from computers to power tools now contain lithium batteries and that has created a sometimes explosive situation for waste haulers. Ames Resource Recovery Plant assistant superintendent ...

Manchester firefighters battled a blaze at a three-story apartment building on the corner of Brook and Union streets in Manchester Monday afternoon that left nine people temporarily homeless.

LEVERETT, Mass. (WWLP) – Crews worked to put out a brush fire in Leverett Tuesday afternoon caused by the improper disposal of ashes. According to the Leverett Fire Department, Firefighter Rice, the ...

VEAZIE, Maine (WABI) - Multiple crews responded to a fire at an apartment building on Thompson Road in Veazie on Tuesday afternoon. ”I’m at a loss for words really. I’ve never dealt with anything like ...

Kaiser Foundation Hospitals are paying $49 million in a settlement with the California attorney general and several county district attorneys over allegations of improper disposal of hazardous and ...

Lagos residents on Wednesday decried the heaps of refuse on some major roads around the state without prompt evacuation by the Lagos State Waste Management Authority (LAWMA). The residents also ...