Not all plastic is the same. Old yogurt cups and milk jugs, for example, don’t play well together when being turned into new ...

Recycling is a nightmare. We all want to reduce waste— 93% of Americans support recycling—but in the real world, many/most people don't really know what's recyclable and what isn't. So we toss every ...

Every little bit helps. But doing it wrong can actually make matters worse. Credit...Naomi Anderson-Subryan Supported by By Winston Choi-Schagrin Recycling can have big environmental benefits. For one ...

Recycling was supposed to be the easy win for sustainability. Policymakers set bold targets, global brands pledged billions, ...

PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Is recycling working? We all assume it is when we put our recycling bins out on the curb every week. But the truth is much of it, especially plastic, is ending up in our landfills ...

More MRFs are adding technologies to sort the material, but some brands and manufacturers are still switching away from the ...

All recycling goes to one place in the Treasure Coast. Recyclables are sold on a worldwide waste market to be turned into new goods. Florida is far from its goal of recycling 75% of its waste. New ...

Investigative journalist John Stossel investigates why recycling plastic is counterproductive. He speaks with science writer John Tierney about why it would be cheaper and more environmentally ...

When lithium-ion batteries reach the end of their life, they are often collected and processed to recover valuable materials through black mass recycling. The process begins with collecting these ...