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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Many items people throw in their blue recycling bin can't actually be accepted at the city's recycling facility. So what’s ...

By collecting 1,000 pounds of plastic bags and other materials, Middleton can earn a community bench made from recycled materials, according to the city. NexTrex, based in Winchester, Virginia, is a ...

Becca Hurd is Gaston County's recycling coordinator.

You tuck the bag securely around that bin and then ... likes to use two of the cans in different colors for trash and recycling, making the otherwise “mundane function” a little more spirited ...