The aluminum recycling containers that were at Silverdale’s firehouse have been moved a little ways down the street to the Pennridge Community Senior Center. “It’s a brown container at the back of the ...

The aluminum used beverage can (UBC) recycling rate in the U.S. has declined to 43 percent from 45 percent in 2020, according to 2023 data from the Aluminum Association and the Can Manufacturers ...

Municipal solid waste tossed out by Americans totaled more than 2.7 million tons in 2008, according to the Environmental Protection Agency. That equates to 1.6 percent of the entire amount of MSW that ...

Want to make some extra money from your trash? Yes, you can do that! Recycling centers and scrap yards all over the country (and beyond) will pay you for discarded aluminum cans. Here’s everything you ...

Cans are one-third of the value of recycled material, but collection is declining. Bottle bills effectively boost recycling rates, but there are disagreements over implementation. Paper, cardboard, ...

On a muggy summer day in an industrial stretch of Brooklyn, New York, Josefa Marín stood in a sea of empty aluminum cans, methodically sorting the tall green Heinekens from blue-and-silver Red Bulls ...

Hold onto those aluminum cans. Recycling is returning to Bethel, and ONC’s Environmental Coordinator Mary Matthias is leading the way. KYUK traveled with Matthias to what is potentially the largest ...