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Keurig, maker of K-Cup single-use coffee pods, was recently fined for claiming the pods were recyclable. Dixie D. Vereen/For The Washington Post, via Getty Images Different U.S. states have different ...

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 ...

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You toss that yogurt container into the recycling bin. It feels good, right? You're doing your part for the environment.

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If you have a recycling bin at home, chances are you have seen the ubiquitous chasing arrows symbol on the bottom of plastic packaging and assumed that indicates the plastic is recyclable. But only a ...

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One category of recyclables may even lose its recycling symbol altogether.