Metzger cited the Merriam-Webster definition of the word, which says that recycling means processing something “in order to ...

Chelsea Hylton is a web producer for CBS Los Angeles. An Inglewood native, Hylton has her master's degree from USC. She covers local breaking news across the Southern California region. Before joining ...

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SACRAMENTO — January 1 marks the two-year anniversary of California's organic recycling law, which requires cities to begin collecting food waste separate from the trash. Beginning next month, the law ...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — After six months of no curbside recycling in Jacksonville, the service is back up and running for Duval County residents. If you haven’t recycled over the last six months, or you ...

This story was produced by Grist and co-published with Teen Vogue. In Seattle, as in most cities around the country, there are a number of items that you aren’t supposed to put in the curbside ...