Sanitation workers in Paris who have been on a garbage collection strike for 23 days amid a wave of protests across France began returning to work on March 29, union leaders announced. In a press release translated by local media, the union representing sanitation workers, the CGT-FTDNEEA, said the three-week-long strike would be “suspended” as of…

New research and reports from local birdwatchers have documented a unique phenomenon of Australia’s iconic sulphur-crested cockatoos opening household kerbside bins, despite increasingly sophisticated barriers, forcing both sides to step up their game in the “arms race” between the cockatoos and the people. The scientists monitored 3,283 bins over a few years across four Australian…

New research and reports from local birdwatchers have documented a unique phenomenon of Australia’s iconic sulphur-crested cockatoos opening household kerbside bins, despite increasingly sophisticated barriers, forcing both sides to step up their game in the “arms race” between the cockatoos and the people. The scientists monitored 3,283 bins over a few years across four Australian…

A Utah garbage collector who once served in the U.S. Marine Corps was caught on camera rescuing an American flag from the trash, to fold it and treat it with the honor it deserves. Mom of two Brooke Cowley, 35, didn’t know Huntington sanitation worker Don Gardner before witnessing his patriotic act. But thinking the sight…

A garbage collector who was spotted showing kindness to a woman in need has been lauded by his local community, prompting others to perform their own acts of kindness. It was a Norwalk, Connecticut deli owner from across the street who spotted the uniformed man stop his garbage truck by the side of the road…

A 64-year-old man picking up garbage from around a park near a golf course in England was moved to tears when two teen girls surprised him with a tip and words of encouragement. Steve Taylor, from New Brighton, volunteers to clean up trash at the Crazy Golf Course at New Brighton. He says he was…

Rubbish piled up on the streets of Burma’s (also known as Myanmar) main city on Tuesday after activists launched a “garbage strike” to oppose military rule as the toll of pro-democracy protesters killed by the security forces since a Feb. 1 coup rose to more than 500. Security forces shot and killed one man in…