“Here we have a man whose job it is to gather the day’s refuse in the capital,” wrote Charles Baudelaire, invoking the ragpicker, a new type on the streets of his native nineteenth-century Paris.

Germany burns almost all of its garbage and the process of getting rid of its trash is about to get even dirtier as a result of the intensifying energy crunch. In the latest move to counter the crisis ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. René Heiden pulls two glass yogurt jars off the shop shelf, and lists the nearby ...

Welcome to the German garbage crisis: the country doesn't have too much, but too little to feed its furnaces. Since legislation went into force in 2005 banning untreated household garbage from ...

HEIDELBERG, Germany - Recycling is a concept the German community has adopted with vigor, and Army communities located throughout the country are emulating those efforts by helping Soldiers, civilians ...

Berlin-based Alba Group says it is building a new production plant for recyclables at Chemiepark Marl in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia in western Germany. The new plant is being built on a ...

This dumpster area in my neighborhood can take excess Altpapier (old paper) that couldn’t fit into the bins at home. Learn about recycling in Germany, including its circular economy recycling, sorting ...

MAGDEBURG, Germany—Each day, trucks roll into this city filled with the latest hot import from the streets of Manchester, England: garbage. The destination is a power plant that makes a business of ...

Businesses selling to consumers in the German market can face a fine of up to 50,000 euros ($58,290) and a prohibition in sales if they fail to comply with the country's updated packaging laws. The ...