Less than 10% of plastic waste is recycled worldwide, data shows. For more than a decade, Courtney Williams and her family have lived in the shadow of the Wheelabrator waste-to-energy incinerator, ...

NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCIV) — Reduce, reuse, recycle. We all know the saying, but are you recycling the right way? For those working at the Material Recovery Facility in North Charleston, people not ...

“Reduce, reuse, recycle” is just the minimum for Amy Garside, who is taking the phrase to a whole new level with a zero waste lifestyle. After going 31 days producing minimal waste, the SUNY Cortland ...

Yale is implementing a new series of recycling signs across campus to help combat the ever-growing issue of waste contamination. This effort aims to improve waste collection by making it easier for ...

Still swimming in cardboard boxes, block foam, bubble wrap and colored lights — not to mention that bizarrely off-the-mark present from you-know-who? Recycling and donating used stuff has grown both ...

Today marks America Recycles Day, dedicated to promoting recycling and waste reduction across the country. Yet, as we celebrate, it’s worth asking: How effective is recycling, really? Despite decades ...

With each purchase at Ren Market, owner Kendra Dean hopes to eliminate a little more plastic. The low-waste shop in the Lincoln Park Craft District makes it easier for people to be earth-friendly. But ...

In Breckenridge, our waste diversion goals are guided by the three R’s: refuse, reuse, and recycle. The town has new regulations that will significantly help to reduce waste. Currently, there is an ...

Recycling is easy, what about composting? In Newmarket where I’m writing from, we pay low prices for a household recycling bin to be collected weekly, ultimately giving an incentive to utilize this ...

Deepika Mathur has received research funding from the Northern Territory and federal governments. Australia’s rooftop solar industry has renewed calls for a mandatory recycling scheme to deal with the ...