If you’re used to recycling, you know that there are many rules for what goes in the recycling bin depending on where you live. They’re ever-changing, which can lead to confusion. (We can only imagine ...

Over the past decade, it's come to light that plastic recycling is mostly bogus – essentially a marketing scheme crafted by the oil industry. (Raw plastic materials come from fossil fuel production.) ...

The Midwest Independent Retailers Association believes there should be a push to promote more curbside recycling and they ...

If you live in one of the 10 U.S. states with a bottle deposit program, you’re probably familiar with the idea of feeding your empty plastic bottles or aluminum cans into a machine and getting a few ...

Sprite is helping the world go green by ditching its famous green bottle. The Coca-Cola Company said Wednesday that it is swapping out Sprite’s signature green plastic bottle for a clear plastic ...

Massachusetts could cut down on plastic litter, create less garbage, reduce greenhouse gas emissions and save cities and towns millions of dollars every year by modernizing the way it recycles ...

Plastic is a product that is ubiquitous in today's society, says Sarah Morath, Wake Forest professor of law and author of the book "Our Plastic Problem and How to Solve It." A research team led by ...

PROVIDENCE – If there’s a model for policymakers as they consider the creation of a bottle bill aimed at boosting Rhode Island’s middling recycling rate, it may be Oregon. The West Coast state was the ...

SACRAMENTO - Lawmakers are hoping the governor signs a bill to expand the state's recycling program. The goal is to increase glass recycling. You know you can recycle your cans and bottles. But wine ...