Some items you can recycle in one city may be prohibited in another. Batteries, plastic bags, small appliances, and more may ...

Find out which things should stay out of the recycling bin by learning how to identify an item's recyclability based on its identification number. Getty Images / Os Tartarouchos No matter how hard we ...

With the rise of recycled content mandates and extended producer responsibility (EPR) programs, the market for recycled plastics is growing rapidly. Research from Fortune Business Insights projects ...

Plastic recycling has long promised a solution to mounting waste, yet reality tells a harsher story. Despite decades of collection programs and consumer awareness, only a small fraction of discarded ...

When you buy a new iPhone, Apple takes it back when you're done with it. When you finish a bottle of Coke in Germany, the manufacturer pays for its recycling. So why does your 4,000-pound SUV – ...

California milk cartons may lose their coveted recycling symbol, the one with the chasing arrows, potentially threatening the existence of the ubiquitous beverage containers. On August 19, a coalition ...

Changes to household collections are part of wider moves to increase the recycling rates, which have stalled in recent years.

Imagine you’re filling up 100 bags of coffee. You’re using beans from a few different providers — 10 percent of the beans they sent you are decaffeinated and the rest are caffeinated. However, you ...

You toss them in the blue bin with confidence. A pizza box here, some shredded paper there, maybe that coffee cup from this morning's rush. Feels responsible, right? Here's the thing though: a massive ...

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 ...

The UK has issued updated guidance explaining which plastic packaging can realistically be collected, sorted and reprocessed through existing recycling infrastructure.