Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. WM bales and sells the plastic film it recovers at its MRF in Germantown, Wisconsin, as it does for other materials such as OCC ...

If you toss anything you think is recyclable in your bin, it's time to stop that 'wish-cycling' habit because you're likely ...

It’s no secret that when it comes to household-generated paper and plastics, the U.S. has a recovery problem. Recent reports, including those published by The Recycling Partnership (TRP), Washington, ...

Despite decades of recycling campaigns, U.S. paper waste has plateaued or reversed in key categories. Here's where the ...

Heavy industries such as aviation and chemical manufacturing contribute to about 20% of overall U.S. greenhouse gas emissions and will continue to depend on fossil fuels. While scientists are ...

What started as a small annoyance with my recycling bin turned into a bigger problem once it kept happening. My neighbor had gotten into the habit of using my bin often enough that it started ...

Stockton councillor Nigel Cooke says he is "confident" the new system will "settle down".

Once recyclers label something as a “problem material,” it can be difficult to shake that reputation. Attendees of a session at the 2010 Paper Recycling Conference, however, heard from presenters who ...

The problem: Too many people who are recycling glass through the city’s purple bins are throwing non-glass items into the glass bins, causing workers to have to separate the items. Items that aren’t ...

The fashion industry has a very well-known waste problem. Almost all (roughly 97%) of clothing eventually ends up in a landfill, according to McKinsey, and it doesn't take very long for the lifecycle ...

On the first day of our amazing walk on The Camino between Porto, Portugal, and Santiago de Compostella, Spain, last May, my husband and I were overwhelmed by the beauty of the Atlantic Ocean and its ...