Most recyclable material never leaves the house. What does get collected faces contamination, weak markets, and a collapsed ...

A common explanation for why waste management sometimes fails is that carelessness breeds more carelessness. Now, research ...

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Californians recycle because “they’re attached to the environment they live in,” says Rachel Machi Wagoner, the director of the California Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery, known as ...

When it comes to recycling are you a wishcycler? No, I didn’t know what this term meant until recently either – apparently it’s when people try to recycle items that should be thrown away instead. And ...

Scientists from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) have developed a new method to recycle mixed ...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Recycling is a vital part of keeping our communities clean and our environment healthy—but not all recyclables are created equal. Republic Services’ own Bill Brinkley and Jason ...

Just 9% of all plastic waste ever created has been recycled, researchers estimate. Last year, the U.S. exported 74,000 shipping containers of plastic waste to low-income countries, researcher Jan Dell ...

Here is a go-to guide for how to dispose of acceptable recycled materials, hard-to-recycle materials and unacceptable materials that can only go to the landfill. Thin plastic lids that come on trays ...