MPGe, which stands for miles per gallon of gas equivalent, is a metric intended to make it easier to compare alternative-fuel cars' efficiency with that of purely gas-powered vehicles. In theory ...

The best garment bags preserve clothes in crisp condition throughout your travels, with little to minimal wrinkling. With advice from renowned stylists, our team of travel experts determined the ...

While some BIDs tidy the trash and wait for DSNY to pick it up, others bring the trash to sanitation transfer sites themselves. They say to continue doing the transport, they will likely have to place ...

Good morning and happy Wednesday. This afternoon, we’re in for a “sweltering” 47 degrees — but don’t get too excited just yet. Those 24mph winds will keep it feeling more like the mid-30s, especially ...

28, 2024. (Claire Sullivan | New Hampshire Bulletin) When North Country advocate Wayne Morrison became involved in waste issues years ago, he thought about the immediate, visible impacts of a landfill ...

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A more than 2,000-year-old marble statue of a woman has been found discarded in a rubbish bag near Thessaloniki, Greece. A local resident stumbled upon the 31-inch statue next to a bin in Neoi ...

As someone who hasn’t checked a bag in more than five years of travel across the U.S. and abroad, I’ve thought a lot about what makes a good piece of carry-on luggage. A summertime European ...

The robot is still at the prototype stage, but is now able to pick up items such as plastic bottles, bags and packet drink ... there were also days when the trash load on Singapore’s beaches ...

Garbage men pick up the trash from residents in the Westchester subdivision in west Houston. Trash pickup in Houston will resume Thursday after being suspended for three days due to a federal ...

On Tuesday, his first full day back in office, the national average price for a gallon of regular gas increased slightly to $3.126 per gallon, according to AAA. The cost is the result of gradual ...

Police in Greece are investigating the discovery of a 2,000-year-old statue in a black bag near some trash cans in a suburban municipality in the Thessaloniki region on Saturday. An unnamed 32 ...