Before you reheat tonight’s leftovers, it helps to know what actually matters when it comes to plastic food containers, ...

Plastic waste surrounds daily life, from food containers and grocery bags to shampoo bottles and medical supplies. Much of it ...

Mastering recycling in 2025 means understanding what actually belongs in your bin. Takeout containers might look recyclable, but appearances can be deceiving -- many should either be reused, if ...

Last week’s report on California’s abysmal plastics recycling rates made it clear that the state, and individual citizens, need to do more to reduce the amount of the waste going into landfills, ...

Do you have some plastic fruit containers just lying around? Don't throw them out quite yet! Here are four creative ways that ...

Generally, you don't need to remove paper labels from metal or aluminum cans before you chuck them in the recycling bin. When the cans are recycled, the heat applied to the metal burns away the paper ...

Plastic takeout food containers are no longer being accepted for recycling and must be thrown out, Whatcom County’s waste hauler said in a social media post last week. Such containers include the ...

Recycling is about to get greener in central Ohio, thanks to artificial intelligence. "Rumpke is berry egg-cited to announce that clamshell plastic containers are now recyclable," Rumpke Waste & ...