When you toss a soda can, a banana peel or a pizza box in your residential recycling or compost bins, where does it actually go? It could end up in a foundry in Oregon, or a local farm, or, if placed ...

Every week, millions of Americans toss their recyclables into a single bin, trusting that their plastic bottles, aluminum ...

The easiest habit to pick up is to follow three simple rules: Clean, Dry, Loose. Stick to these and you’re already making a ...

While single-stream recycling is convenient, it has downsides. Contamination, such as food residue, plastic bags and items that can’t be recycled, can degrade the quality of the remaining material, ...

Artist Cindy Pease Roe’s creative process starts with what washes up on shore. Rope, fishing line, netting and other marine ...

The recycling symbol isn’t copyrighted, which means any plastic-producing company can slap it on their products, even if they aren’t recyclable. That piece of paper or plastic that we supposed ...

Misleading product labels and improper waste sorting are contributing to disruptions in California’s compost and recycling waste management systems, suggesting long-term environmental consequences.

Last August, I learned of a new study that revealed that the human brains studied were nearly 0.5% plastic by weight. Let ...

Tossing takeout containers into the recycling bin feels like the right move, but looks can be deceiving. A lot of food ...

New data obtained via freedom of information request revealed recycling bins had been refused for collection 1,388 times ...

Recycling plastic is a great way to reduce environmental impact. Plastic is one of the most commonly used materials, yet when it ends up in the landfill, it can take up to 500 years to break down, ...

Every day, we dispose of packaging, but do we truly understand the symbols displayed on them? A study conducted by ...