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New Bedford delays trash pickup after record blizzard snowfall, extending the snow parking ban as cleanup continues across the city.

A 1939 notice reveals how New Bedford’s Board of Health regulated trash collection, from garbage containers to household waste rules, offering rare insight into the city’s sanitation history.

Massachusetts has what's called a "waste ban," meaning, there are prohibitions on the disposal and transfer of certain toxic and/or recyclable items. Waste bans are intended to encourage reuse and/or recycling of certain waste materials, conserve disposal capacity, and reduce adverse environmental impacts from waste materials containing toxic substances.

Fairhaven has become the latest Massachusetts town to approve a new trash tax.

Fairhaven residents may soon have to start paying for trash removal. A fee is being considered.

Massachusetts residents should pay extra attention to what goes in the trash can. It's illegal to throw these items away the regular way.

While there is no solid evidence that discarded masks pose a health threat, they do threaten the environment.

Savers needs to address its garbage problem.

Parallel Products is not the bad guy, though its location may be a bad choice.

ABC Disposal has informed the City of New Bedford that they continue to experience delays on some of their routes in the city.