A plastic drinks bottle is one of the most "recyclable" objects in the modern waste stream. It is lightweight and collected in huge volumes. Yet even for this item, the reality of recycling is messy: ...

Some items you can recycle in one city may be prohibited in another. Batteries, plastic bags, small appliances, and more may not be allowed.

Reclaimers of a variety of resins talked about broader market struggles and considered ways to grow domestic demand for PCR.

During important processes like cleaning, fragments of plastic are lost as microplastics. This means the system itself creates plastic waste, and we urgently need to rethink the design and operation ...

Despite some modest progress over the past two decades, Canada's waste diversion efforts remain wanting: according to the ...

Ames plans to start its curbside recycling this summer, helping transition from waste-to-energy as it prepares to build a $16 ...

When I visited my friend in Scotland, I was amazed to see how little waste from her family of four actually went into the garbage can. Besides their good habits of buying items with minimal packaging, ...

Californians recycle because “they’re attached to the environment they live in,” says Rachel Machi Wagoner, the director of the California Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery, known as ...

Concordia University research finds that less frequent garbage collection, combined with weekly food waste pickup and free yard waste collection, is linked to higher household recycling rates.