You may have heard that recycling plastic grocery bags can jam up machinery, but what might not be as well known is that there are other ways to get rid of the stuff.
That blue bin for your recycling isn’t supposed to be a catchall for stuff you can’t fit in your regular garbage can.
That plastic grocery bag sitting under the sink may look harmless. It is light, useful, and easy to forget. But once it lands ...
Each week a garbage truck pulls up and workers collect the contents of your blue bin. Your mixed recycling contains lots of plastics—shampoo bottles, yogurt cups, milk jugs and more—but how much ...
Instead of tossing plastic bags in the trash, use them around your home. Learn some of the most useful ways to repurpose ...
The Association of Plastic Recyclers (APR), Washington, has issued a report on the progress of plastic recycling in the United States that compiles research and analysis from across the $236 billion ...
New research supports the value of household-level waste separation. But policies must also carefully consider consumer ...
In 2018 alone, over 3 million tons of plastic bags, sacks, and wraps in the United States were sent to landfills ...