Eagles fans trash Packers fan's car

PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 12 (UPI) -- A Green Bay fan is blaming Eagles fans for vandalizing his car to the tune of $2,163 after last weekend's Packers playoff victory in Philadelphia.more

Man leaps from window, saved by uncollected trash

 New York - Vangelis Kapatos, 26, was hospitalized in critical but stable condition after jumping from his apartment in midtown Manhattan. Sanitation workers have not collected trash since the December 26 storm dumped more than a foot and a half of snow on the city. Mounds of garbage several feet high line many sidewalks. The trash bags below broke his fall and that he left no suicide note before jumping.  More…

Landfills: not enough trash

DENVER, Colorado - Some landfill operators in Colorado say the recession is causing budget cuts, increased fees and layoffs due to a shortage of their only resource ? trash. At six landfills owned by Waste Management of Colorado, including one of the state?s largest in Denver, trash loads have decreased up to 25 percent, The Denver Post reported Saturday. Most recent figures released by The Environmental Protection Agency reported 5 million fewer tons of garbage went to landfills in 2008 than in 2007. ----More

Wedding ring found in dump amid 10 tons of trash

PARSIPPANY, N.J. (AP) -- Sanitation workers sorted through 10 tons of trash to recover a wedding ring accidentally thrown away by a New Jersey couple---...More