Knowing what you can and can't recycle is important, otherwise you can contaminate a whole bin.

This is an excerpt from Consumed: How Big Brands Got Us Hooked on Plastic. An odd symbol, made up of three arrows arranged in a triangle, began showing up on plastic containers across America in the ...

Most U.S. curbside recycling programs are designed to process only #1 PET and #2 HDPE plastics, despite the widespread use of the chasing arrows symbol on many products. Misplaced items like plastic ...

Find out which things should stay out of the recycling bin by learning how to identify an item's recyclability based on its identification number. No matter how hard we try to implement plastic swaps ...

One of the leading U.S. senators on plastic pollution issues, Oregon Democrat Jeff Merkley, is drafting legislation calling for national standards around how to label packages for recyclability.

Clothing recycling is taking a giant leap forward The towers of old clothes reach almost to the ceiling of the 200,000-square-foot hall. Forklifts rumble across the concrete floor, squeezing between ...