The Conversation reports on single-stream recycling, emphasizing its convenience but noting significant contamination issues ...

Recycling is a local enterprise, which means every system isn’t able to process all the same materials. Some take glass; some ...

Waste sorting is the first step to a cleaner planet and smarter living. With simple recycle hacks, you can give plastic a ...

The following essay is reprinted with permission from The Conversation, an online publication covering the latest research. Every week, millions of Americans toss their recyclables into a single bin, ...

Thank you for carefully rinsing, sorting, and recycling your plastic containers — but plastic is trash and trying to recycle it is futile, Greenpeace said in a bombshell October 2022 report.

Seven states have adopted Extended Producer Responsibility laws to make companies pay for their plastic. One industry leader ...

It is increasingly apparent that recycling is an imperfect solution for plastic waste. Recycling facilities lack sufficient sorting capability, many waste processors can’t actually compost ...

ROCHESTER, N.Y. — Should the caps remain on bottles when they’re put in the recycling bin? A viewer, Carol, asked this question: “Are the screw-on caps supposed to be removed or can they be left on ...