Boy George reports for trash duty
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Boy George reported for garbage duty on the streets of Manhattan early Monday, his court-ordered community service that was described by a judge as an "exercise in humiliation or in humility."
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By Rita Savard, The Sun, Lowell, Mass.  Feb. 23--CHELMSFORD -- Paying high fees for trash removal prompted residents to raise a stink in the past.
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The choreographer John Jasperse has taken to rummaging through garbage.
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By The Idaho Statesman, Boise  Mar. 4--Illegal "midnight drop-offs" are plaguing officials at the Allied Waste (BFI) collection site, and they're sending a warning that it's wrong and can be expensive.
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By The Sun News, Myrtle Beach, S.C.  Dec. 18--Boo to the S.C. Department of Health and Environmental Control for declining recently to punish the Horry County Solid Waste Authority for flouting environmental law.
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OK, shredders, dudes, dudettes, rugrats, whippersnappers, all of you out of the room. Go find something else to do today. Clean your room or something. This one's for your parents, or even grandparents.
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By Chuck Thompson, The Macon Telegraph, Ga.  May 24--About 10,000 gallons of sewage overflowed from a manhole Tuesday at Healy Point Country Club, Freddie Wiggins, director of the Jones County Water and Sewer Department, said Wednesday.
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Ciro Viento commands a platoon of 110 garbage trucks, so when a caller complained after seeing one of the blue and white trash tanks speeding down Route 22, Viento didn't know which driver to blame. Until he checked his computer.
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By Michael Biesecker, The News & Observer, Raleigh, N.C.  May 31--RALEIGH -- Human waste trickles out of a rusting single-wide trailer in Oak Hill Estates, draining to a rivulet that flows past children's toys before disappearing into head-high weeds.
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By Zane Wilson, The Sun News, Myrtle Beach, S.C.  Sep. 17--Volunteers picking up litter in Saturday's Beach Sweep/River Sweep again found cigarette butts to be the largest component of beach trash.
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When singer Boy George allegedly violated the terms of his probation on a drug charge, he incurred the wrath of a Manhattan judge who demanded that he show up in court or face arrest. That court date is Monday.
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By BRIAN BARBER  Tulsans can dispose of their trash for free Sunday at the local burn plant.   Tom Simpson, president of the Walter B.
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By Gavin Off, The Columbus Dispatch, Ohio  May 29--ATHENS, Ohio -- A stream of liquid ran from the plastic trash bag that Zodiac Maslin held outstretched like a dirty diaper.   Then the Ohio University senior set it down, peered inside and announced that its contents looked good.
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By FRED HANSON  Randolph residents who don't recycle may find their trash left at the curb uncollected.
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By Harris, Bernard  Officials to start issuing citations to independent trash haulers who don't stagger collection days.  BERNARD HARRIS  Now, it's no more Mr. Nice Guy.
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By Leigh Dethman Deseret Morning News  Trash is to blame for a political tug-of-war among members of the Salt Lake County Council and the mayor.
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By Alex Breitler, The Record, Stockton, Calif.  Sep. 18--MANTECA -- Apartment dwellers: Step out to your communal garbage bin and take a look inside.   Ninety percent of what has been dumped there, according to city officials, could have been recycled.