Tossing everything into the blue bin (or however it's sorted in your area) feels like a good deed for the planet. People ...

Some items you can recycle in one city may be prohibited in another. Batteries, plastic bags, small appliances, and more may not be allowed.

I like to think of myself as a good caretaker of the planet. To that end, I am faithful about placing my recyclable waste items—plastic containers, glass bottles and jars, cans, paper and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Recycling bin full of various items - Peter Dazeley/Getty Images If you tend to throw items in your recycling bin without ...

When the Meals on Wheels program in Syracuse stopped using Styrofoam trays, it donated hundreds of unused trays to Utica Creative Reuse. Second graders at Bradley Elementary School in New Hartford ...

Creating waste goes hand in hand with modern society. But how we dispose of it has changed significantly in recent decades. Disposal sites have largely moved from small, unregulated landfills where ...

Thirty-six thousand square feet can hardly contain the expanding operations of Cincinnati Recycle and Reuse Hub, a waste diversion non-profit located in Price Hill. Nicknamed “the Hub”, this ...

An initiative that resells unwanted items saved from recycling centres across Cornwall believes it has saved about 500 tonnes of waste. Cornwall Council said its Kernow Reuse Shops had sold about ...

At a New Hampshire facility, agricultural plastics are compacted together. Photo courtesy Guy Crosby/CNS Camryn Woods is a reporter with the Community News Service, part of the University of Vermont’s ...

Ever stood over a recycling bin wondering if that plastic packaging, block of Styrofoam or old can of paint in your hand can be recycled? Such confusion often leads to wishcycling — that is, putting t ...

Tennessee's proposed Waste to Jobs Act aims to shift recycling costs from taxpayers to corporations, Oak Ridge's EQAB chair ...