Following the opening of its new material recovery facility (MRF) in Columbus, Ohio, earlier this summer, Rumpke Waste & Recycling will expand the recyclables it accepts to include clamshell plastic ...

When the children at Cave Spring Elementary School finish their lunches, they raise their hands and ask if they may wash out their plastic milk bottles. After the answer -- an inevitable "yes" -- they ...

We’ve all seen the little triangle of arrows on the bottoms of plastic bottles and other containers, intended to guide consumers to proper plastic recycling. But if you also have noticed the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Most black plastic containers are non-recyclable. Takeout containers are becoming more eco-friendly, but there are still some that ...

California lawmakers have approved an update to the state's bottle recycling law that will add an estimated 200 million containers per year into the recycling stream by including fruit and vegetable ...

PHOENIX — Recycling right can be a challenge, especially when every city, town and county in Arizona has its own set of guidelines and rules. However, learning a few basics, sticking to a plan and ...

A battle has been waging in Sacramento over whether beverage cartons — the ones used for milk, juice, broth, wine, even egg whites — should get the coveted chasing arrows recycling label. Earlier this ...

Regulators have spent tens of millions subsidizing ‘advanced’ recycling facilities, which release carcinogens and give off more greenhouse gases than making plastic from crude oil. Last year, I became ...

This story was originally published by ProPublica. Last year, I became obsessed with a plastic cup. It was a small container that held diced fruit, the type thrown into lunch boxes. And it was the ...