Everyone wants to recycle their batteries, but drop-off locations are hard to find. A new fire-safe bin could make the ...

Most to-go containers are recyclable, but whether or not you can toss them in your recycling bin will depend on what they're made from, what materials your local recycler accepts, and if they're ...

Recycling plastic sometimes seems like a minefield. It should be easy, right? Plastic shampoo and soda bottles go in the blue bins, wispy plastic grocery bags don't — but what about take-out ...

Following the opening of its new material recovery facility (MRF) in Columbus, Ohio, earlier this summer, Rumpke Waste & Recycling will expand the recyclables it accepts to include clamshell plastic ...

Recycling would be well served if Americans reconsidered a long-held approach to how they handle their plastics and other recyclables. Crushing recyclables, including plastic bottles and containers, ...

San Francisco is the first city to deploy the bins, which are designed to provide safe and free battery recycling to ...

The Centre County Recycling and Refuse Authority makes it easy to recycle paper. (Centre Daily Times, file) I like to check in with the recycling collection crew periodically to gather ideas for my ...

Most black plastic containers are non-recyclable. Takeout containers are becoming more eco-friendly, but there are still some that you can't recycle. Mastering recycling in 2025 means understanding ...

Portlanders love to recycle. We enjoy it so much we throw all kinds of stuff into our blue recycling bins that doesn't belong there. Plastic bags, batteries, Styrofoam—and diapers. Lots of dirty ...