A pure gold "large bar," weighing about 12 kilograms, is seen immediately after being removed from its mold after cooling at Asahi Metalfine Inc.'s Bando Plant in the city of Bando, Ibaraki Prefecture ...

For years, countless people have been spending extra time soaking jars in hot water, carefully peeling off sticky labels, and scrubbing packaging clean before tossing it into the recycling bin. It ...

Students hauled thousands of cans to school as part of a recycling challenge at Weedsport Elementary, raising money while learning how scrap metal becomes steel, according to The Citizen. Nucor ...

None of the rubble from the demolition of buildings for a huge city centre development will end up going to landfill, according to the councillor overseeing the project. Work on t ...

Researchers in Switzerland have developed an innovative method to extract pure gold from electronic waste using whey, a ...

Residents voiced their opposition at a license hearing for a scrap metal yard in Providence Thursday night.

Instead of treating plastic purely as waste, new research shows that it can be transformed into something useful — acetic acid, a key component of vinegar and an important industrial chemical.

Trash cans can be an important item in any area of your home, so we've narrowed down a great list of bins from IKEA so you can pick a new one with ease.

The government agency has identified 15 nations, along with the European Union, it will investigate for “structural excess capacity and production in manufacturing sectors.” ...

The barge that caught fire in the Delaware Bay on Tuesday was managed by a Camden scrap yard that is being sued by the Attorney General’s Office for a series of hazardous fires in recent years. After ...

The cause of a fire at an Oakland recycling facility Wednesday morning that has been the site of other fires, is under investigation.