You might assume most takeout containers are recyclable in 2025, but that's far from true. While some materials are almost ...

Residents are reminded that they should never put plastic bags in with recycling or put any type of recycling in plastic bags. Always put recycling out in a sturdy reusable container, such as a ...

People in the UK have been paying extra for plastic bags in supermarkets for a decade now - but a loophole in the law means ...

Recycling a hard plastic detergent bottle, a Styrofoam tray and a plastic grocery bag, for example, requires three entirely separate systems. Enck estimated that only 5% to 6% of plastic used in ...

Recycling plays a crucial part in our daily lives by keeping the environment clean. It is simple and yet free. Recycling ...

Members of Indian Creek High School’s FFA are closing in on their goal of recycling plastic bags for a unique project. Members have spent the last year gathering items for the Bags to Benches project, ...

Metzger also argues the company’s convenience is worth its value, noting that people find it difficult and time-consuming to drive to grocery stores to recycle plastic bags, for example.

Recycling and upcycling efforts are intensifying as the most viable options for managing plastic wastes, with radiation technologies emerging as an innovative, clean and efficient tool to convert used ...

While clear bags are permitted in the compost bin, regular white kitchen garbage bags and black plastic contractor bags cannot be used, Sanitation said. Items that must be composted include yard waste ...

Here’s an easy-to-use guide to recycling in the Sacramento area: Around the world, the triangle-shaped symbol found on recyclable items is called the “chasing arrows,” and includes corresponding ...