I’m a dedicated recycler. I fret when I see people throwing garbage in with soda cans and empty water bottles. I’ve even been ...

Do you cross the street to put your soda can in the recycling bin or avidly pluck plastics and paper from your neighbor’s trash cans? The current state of recycling in the United States may ...

Instead of throwing away those plastic bags from the grocery store, discover how to turn them into both decorative and useful ...

Residents must reject single-use plastic and make a conscious effort to segregate waste at source, says an active citizen.

In the public’s mind, and to many governments and industry groups, recycling happens any time a used product is refashioned into something new. It’s this definition that allows so many T-shirts, tote ...

Can you actually reuse plastic bags? Experts share how to safely reuse plastic bags and when to recycle instead.

When Oregon banned retailers and restaurants from giving out plastic, single-use checkout bags in 2019, environmental groups hailed it as a big step forward in the fight against plastic waste.

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Sorting out answers at Staten Island’s giant paper pulp vat and the massive sifter in Brooklyn — including why seeing metal thrown in the trash makes one waste expert “weak in the knees.” ...

In regard to the hint you received suggesting that you should put a business card in the ID tag of your checked luggage, you should also put some sort of ID inside of your luggage. I’m a retired ...

Where do pizza boxes go? What exactly is rigid plastic? How clean do empty jars need to be? Relax, experts say.

It is evident that plastic pollution is no longer an urban problem alone. Slowly, our villages are dying because of plastic ...