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Santa Barbara is tackling textile waste one recycling workshop at a time.  The Goleta Valley Community Center hosted a session on repurposing fabrics

The City Council, working as a committee of the whole, on Tuesday moved forward for a council vote on a measure that would allow the city to employ a procurement officer for bigger purchases.

SPRINGDALE -- City staff soon might have help in getting the most for taxpayer money.

HADLEY — Volunteers will remove trash and debris from the edge of streets, along trails and near rivers, streams and ponds on Saturday as part of the third annual cleanup day.The Hadley Climate Change Committee is sponsoring the event that will have...

SPRINGDALE -- For nearly 30 years, the city of Springdale has extended its contract with Waste Management for residential trash pickup rather than letting it for bid.

For the first time, local governments in the Chicago suburbs are putting sustainability on the payroll. As awareness and political support for environmental issues such as climate change gain momentum, new positions dedicated solely to sustainability have been cropping up in municipalities throughout the region -- and their ranks continue to grow.

Critics today point to plastics' explosive growth since a PR campaign. But they didn't grow because of TV ads; they grew because they offer convenience and value, and because of the combined efforts of thousands to find new applications and to replace metal, glass and paper with plastic.