Plastics labeled with resin codes between 1 and 7 used to all be eligible for recycling. Now, there's no market for some types of plastic, and nearly a quarter of what gets sent to sorting facilities ...

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, ...

At the Republic Services Recycling Center on Cole Road, waste whirs on a conveyor belt past workers who scramble to pull contaminants off the line. Trash goes in barrels at the workers’ sides, and ...

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 known to rescue recyclables from the trash — at my house, for sure, but ...

Recycling is not a myth — it’s a movement that’s keeping materials in use, creating jobs and protecting Wisconsin’s ...

Plastic producers are investing heavily in controversial methods of boosting stagnant recycling rates to repair the public’s growing distrust. The stage has been set for a fresh legal showdown over ...

Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. I’m a dedicated recycler. I fret when I see people throwing garbage in with soda cans and empty ...

It’s time for some trash talk. That’s because some Lake County communities are beginning a new program impacting garbage collections. The Hefty ReNew program kicking off in October will be giving ...

Ridwell, a third-party recycling company, is offering a new service for hard-to-recycle plastics in Sonoma County and the city of Napa. The service includes a mail-in program where users send ...