This method for getting rid of maggots lurking in your trash can works so well because it utilizes a household staple that ...

Drains often are a forgotten maintenance chore, says Oi. To keep them clean, use a stiff brush at least quarterly to clean out sludge and food particles. You also may consider using an enzyme cleaner ...

Or, just pitch it! Fruit Flies If fruit flies and their eggs have invaded your kitchen, use this trick to get rid of them: ...

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The National Pest Management Association calls rodents and cockroaches “unwelcome visitors” and has ideas on how to keep them ...

An Australian cafe has responded after a customer found live maggots inside one of its ham and cheese croissants.

Trash isn’t “just trash.” Ask any employee of the Convenience Center in Hartsville and you’ll understand that a county can’t treat all trash equally or dispose of it the same way. Whether you use a ...

During the war, a Ukrainian boy lost his home, his father and his friends. Could he find new buddies at a camp in the mountains?

A $9 million investment in new trash cans for every household in Pittsburgh could curb litter and improve garbage collection, Public Works Director Chris Hornstein told City Council members Tuesday.

A ruling on dog-waste-disposal etiquette. Horst writes: My wife and I walk our dogs twice a day, and as good citizens, we make use of poop bags. On trash days, I throw the bags into a neighbor’s ...

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