The Conversation reports on single-stream recycling, emphasizing its convenience but noting significant contamination issues ...

And it’s through that lens that state policy makers ought to be considering whether to restrict municipal regulation of septic systems. Most large cities have municipal sewer systems, where waste is ...

But what if human remains could be as nonthreatening as a nice bag of garden soil or a peaceful woodland hike? It might not ...

Sky Valley may be heading toward a major transition from septic tanks to a sewer system if the city’s application for another ...

A decades-old law bans septic systems in the Tahoe Basin, but many Truckee neighborhoods still rely on them — and switching ...