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

Tossing the wrong items into recycling can gum up the entire process. Here are seven takeout containers that should skip the blue bin entirely.

It’s easy to get confused about what can and can’t be recycled. The No. 1 rule is to follow your local guidelines. Print them and post them by your recycling bins for quick reference. But ...

Only 5% to 6% of plastic used in the United States gets recycled, according to Judith Enck, a former U.S. Environmental Protection Agency regional administrator who is an environmental activist and ...

ORANGE COUNTY, California — Billions of tons of plastic exist on our planet, but only a small fraction of them are actually able to be recycled. It’s a problem that will only continue to grow as more ...

Generally, you don't need to remove paper labels from metal or aluminum cans before you chuck them in the recycling bin. When the cans are recycled, the heat applied to the metal burns away the paper ...

Most black plastic containers are non-recyclable. Takeout containers are becoming more eco-friendly, but there are still some that you can't recycle. Mastering recycling in 2025 means understanding ...