Waste Management

A sign at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation is posted near Richland, Wash., on Aug. 14, 2019. Three tribes have devoted decades to returning their ancestral lands in Washington to the days before they became the most radioactively contaminated site in the nation’s nuclear weapons complex. But the Yakama Nation, Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation and Nez Perce Tribe have been left out of negotiations on a major decision affecting the future cleanup of millions of gallons of radioactive waste stored in underground tanks on the reservation.

WA state, federal agencies finalize agreement for tank waste cleanup at Hanford

Anna King

Washington state and two federal agencies have finalized a deal on how to clean up the radioactive tank waste in Hanford.

The Tri-Cities Airport in Pasco is piloting a new program that could lead the country in cleanly disposing of deicing wastewater using worms.

Environment

Worms eating airport deicer fluid could be greener approach to airline waste

Courtney Flatt

To safely fly when it’s cold out, special fluid has to be sprayed on planes. And it creates a lot of waste. So Tri-Cities airport leaders have turned to … worms.

In this file photo, taken Monday, Dec. 22, 2014, garbage collector Anousone Sadettanh reaches for a small residential garbage bin tucked between larger yard waste and recycling bins as he works his pickup route, in Seattle.

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Waste haulers deemed 'essential' but denied access to bathrooms, COVID-19 tests

Bellamy Pailthorp

The stay-at-home order means most of us are safe indoors, where we’re generating a lot more trash and recycling. This increase in residential waste is…

Waste Management does not accept shredded paper in residential recycling bins

Environment

Tiny paper can shred recycling options

Charla Bear

A lot of people clear out old documents after the New Year, but you might want to think twice before shredding them. Paper scraps are too small for some…