Trying to recycle the wrong materials only clogs up the system. We asked a recycling expert about the dos and don'ts of recycling takeout boxes.

We've all probably been guilty of this recycling no-no at least once — discarding a disposable coffee cup or food takeout container in our bin. While you may be thinking you're doing your part to help ...

Goodwill isn’t a landfill. These 11 items—recalled baby gear, used mattresses, opened cosmetics, hazardous materials, expired ...

Earth Day is coming up on April 22, and as you probably learned in elementary school, one way to care for the Earth is to "Reduce, Reuse, Recycle." However, recycling isn't always simple. There are ...

You want to be a more responsible consumer, but find that some common household plastics, like the utensils that come with takeout orders, aren’t accepted for recycling. That soon will change in ...

Happy February! My New Year’s resolution is to try to help us all recycle more in 2024! I wanted to focus this month on items that can be recycled that you may not know about. Paper envelopes with ...

An innovative recycling start-up hopes to make the most of "wish-cycling" - the practice where people try to recycle things like prescription bottles, bread tags, and even ballpoint pens, with no ...

Sometimes, an item just feels like it should be thrown in the recycling bin. But you may not be guessing right. And that can cause big problems for local recycling programs. If an item is not on the ...