Waste Goes Where

Don Hatch is a numbers man. He has to know the costs of what it takes to recycle his trash, or else he’s losing money. Because of that, he has to be…

Massachusetts officials say we’re on a path to zero waste, and it starts with what’s on your plate. Food waste is the single largest component of our…

Mashpee Town Manager Rodney Collins stopped his car and looked out the window at a sectional couch."A couple weeks ago, this was not here," he said.We…

Cape Codders have been recycling more paper, metal and plastic than ever before, thanks to programs that make it easier to choose the blue bin over the…

For people in three towns on Cape Cod, taking out the trash means bringing it to the curb. For the rest, it means bringing it a transfer station. This is…

Most of Cape Cod’s municipal solid waste goes to landfills now. The rest is burned at CovantaSEMASS in Rochester, Massachusetts. That begs a…

WCAI is launching a news series exploring where our trash goes, and where it probably shouldn’t. We call it “Waste Goes Where? A Look at our Region’s…