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

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 ...

Most of this is recycled in the UK, with just 13% travelling outside the UK and EU to be recycled, according to the National ...

Bales of recyclable plastics and cans ready for shipping to recycling facilities at RePower South in Montgomery, Ala. Several ...

The new "Empire Bins" are designed to be emptied with modern garbage trucks, and have locks that can only be opened with a ...

San Diego is releasing a new batch of trash and recycling bins equipped with RFID (radio frequency identification) tags as ...

Generally, you don't need to remove paper labels from metal or aluminum cans before you chuck them in the recycling bin. When ...

A shortage of waste bins poses a problem to Bristol City Council’s plan to drive up recycling rates. For months now, ordering a new food waste bin in Bristol has proved “almost impossible”.

It is mandatory for all local authorities to introduce food waste collections by March 31, 2026, under the Environment Act ...

Firefighters have extinguished a blaze at a waste recycling centre. Crews were called to Ecton Lane Household Waste Recycling Centre in Northampton shortly before 11:45 GMT. There was a large plume of ...

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

Householders who put the wrong waste into recycling bins could pay higher charges with contamination detection cameras set to be installed on bin lorries, according to the waste industry’s ...