Garbage

After negotiations fizzled, Deschutes County reconvenes group to recommend places where new landfill could be built.

Bryan Chamblin has picked up at least 1.82 million cans of garbage in the last decade.

Deschutes County reconvenes its committee to find a new location for a landfill. Knott Landfill is projected to reach capacity in spring of 2031.

Winters are getting warmer and shorter as the climate changes. That's helping rat populations grow in several U.S. cities.

Marion County's garbage went to the state’s only waste incinerator for decades. As of January, it’s going to the Coffin Butte Landfill, which is dealing with issues of capacity - and methane leaks.

Water, minerals and impacts to wildlife remain open questions for a potential $16 million land deal deciding the future of trash in Central Oregon.

The Portland Bureau of Planning and Sustainability has launched a curbside battery recycling service to help avert battery-caused fires in trucks and recycling centers.

Deschutes County commissioners voted Wednesday to wait at least two more weeks and accept more public input before making a decision on where to put a new landfill in central Oregon.

As Oregon is facing a wave of landfill closures in coming decades, a group of mysterious investors hope to cash in on Lake County officials’ willingness to become a destination for all that trash.

This week and last, the Metro Council met to discuss the future of Portland's food waste.