According to the Environmental Protection Agency, almost 94 tons of municipal solid waste were recycled and composed in 2018 – about 32%. But there's also the looming issue of contamination, rendering ...

Many large consumer product companies are falling short of the plastics recycling targets they set several years ago. Observers say this failure has contributed to hard times for the companies that ...

Notable transactions included GFL’s deal to acquire Frontier Waste, along with Casella’s acquisition of Mountain State Waste.

With scientists predicting that if nothing changes in our plastic consumption habits, there will be more plastic in the oceans than there are fish by 2050, it’s not surprising that this year’s Earth ...

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The company says it plans to use 100 percent-recycled cobalt, rare earth elements, tin soldering and gold plating. Since 2019, Apple estimates that more than 11,000 kilograms of cobalt have been ...

Many people think of recycling as their primary environmental action, yet recycling as it is currently practiced does relatively little to mitigate environmental catastrophes like climate change, ...

State Senator Joseph P. Addabbo, Jr. hosted his free bi-annual electronic waste recycling event on May 3, 2026, at the Forest Park Bandshell Parking Lot.

Single-use coffee pods and capsules are more popular than ever. In 2023, according to the National Coffee Association and Statista, a market research firm, 27 percent of U.S. coffee drinkers used a ...

ST. LOUIS — Recycling hasn't had the best track record in the St. Louis area recently. In late 2021, St. Louis City officials told 5 On Your Side that they were no longer picking up trash and ...