First, I know it’s easy to become jaded about recycling, which deters people from doing it. And there are rumors that when ...

Since Armstrong World Industries introduced its ceiling tile recycling program eight years ago, the company has diverted more than 4 million pounds of material from landfills. Steven Baer, senior ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Recycling standards vary across the US, with municipalities often setting their own unique rules. Recycling the wrong material or ...

An advanced recycling process claims it can handle hard-to-recycle plastics, like packaging. But critics say it's not worth the effort. In a brightly-lit room in Houston, Texas, environmental activist ...

(NEW YORK) — Many of us crush LaCroix cans, break down cardboard boxes and try really hard to get all that peanut butter out of the jar to put it in the recycling bin instead of the trash — a small ...

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 ...

Almost all of us have been told that recycling is a good practice to keep up with. But why is it so important? Jim Fedders, ...

The plastics recycling industry has changed considerably in the last 40 years. Despite that, it remains a difficult industry that has claimed many companies over time, according to panelists at the ...

For students who say they know little about recycling, the University of Minnesota’s system of waste collection is intuitive.

As Miami-Dade struggles to decide where to build a new waste-to-energy incinerator and Broward County works toward approving ...