This story was produced by Grist and co-published with Teen Vogue. In Seattle, as in most cities around the country, there are a number of items that you aren’t supposed to put in the curbside ...

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Oregon now accepts standardized list of recyclable materials covering paper, metal, plastic. New recycling system meant to increase opportunities for recycling, upgrade systems. Oregon Department of ...

Right now, Miami-Dade County generates 5 million tons of trash each year and only 37 percent of that is ever recycled. And ...

Throwing your plastic bottles in the recycling bin may make you feel good about yourself, or ease your guilt about your ...

Is recycling worth it? Not according to the world’s richest man, Elon Musk. “Recycling is pointless,” Musk wrote in ...

Plastic is fed into a shredder before being ground down into smaller pieces and melted, on Feb. 22 at Plastic Recycling of Iowa Falls in Iowa Falls. The company uses recycled plastic material — ...

Do you want to recycle more but are afraid of getting it wrong? You're not alone. According to the 2024 WM Recycling Report, ...

“We put 50 billion garments into landfill every year in the US,” says Kristy Caylor, founder and CEO of For Days. And unfortunately, even recycling efforts aren’t always a clean solution. For example, ...

PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Is recycling working? We all assume it is when we put our recycling bins out on the curb every week. But the truth is much of it, especially plastic, is ending up in our landfills ...

What is Recycled Polyester? Ever wonder how your favorite fleece jacket or cozy blanket came to be? If you’ve purchased any ...

Most black plastic containers are non-recyclable. Takeout containers are becoming more eco-friendly, but there are still some that you can't recycle. Mastering recycling in 2025 means understanding ...