The county is in the midst of developing three demonstration trash-conversion facilities Los Angeles County’s expanding population will soon generate more trash than the county can handle, according to a grand jury report released Wednesday. The report highlighted the need ...

Christine C. Quinn, the City Council speaker, said on Sunday that she would introduce a sweeping expansion of New York City’s recycling laws that would increase plastics recycling, put more bins in public areas and create periodic drop-off locations for ...