That instinct to drop anything plastic, paper or cardboard into the recycling bin is hard to shake, but it's also one of the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Recycling standards vary across the US, with municipalities often setting their own unique rules. Recycling the wrong material or ...

A digital platform designed to make waste and recycling information easy to find, understand and use is being rolled out across the suburbs and statewide. If you haven’t been notified already, chances ...

Since Armstrong World Industries introduced its ceiling tile recycling program eight years ago, the company has diverted more than 4 million pounds of material from landfills. Steven Baer, senior ...

If your recycling bins are full every week, you know you’re doing your part to help the environment. Your community may have a list of what it does and doesn’t accept on recycling day, but sometimes ...

An advanced recycling process claims it can handle hard-to-recycle plastics, like packaging. But critics say it's not worth the effort. In a brightly-lit room in Houston, Texas, environmental activist ...

Textile-to-textile recycling was a hot topic at the Textiles Recycling Expo in Charlotte, N.C.

YOU MAY THINK YOU’RE HELPING THE ENVIRONMENT, BUT THE CITY OF OMAHA AND ITS RECYCLING CONTRACTOR CONTRACTORS SAY TOO MANY PEOPLE ARE RECYCLING THINGS THAT THEY HAVE TO THROW AWAY. LAST MONTH, KETV GOT ...

Representatives of the region’s waste disposal authority are making the rounds at city meetings this month to lay the groundwork for long-term contract extensions they say will extend use of the ...