Sicily’s closed-loop glass recycling system is demonstrating how rethinking packaging infrastructure—not consumer ...
Most people toss empty prescription bottles straight into the trash or recycling without a second thought. But one YouTube ...
It is increasingly apparent that recycling is an imperfect solution for plastic waste. Recycling facilities lack sufficient sorting capability, many waste processors can’t actually compost ...
Old prescription containers are easy to overlook, but a viral video has turned those orange cylinders into a small but ...
When Ohioans drop in or drop off their recyclables, they might not realize that in addition to diverting trash from the landfill, they are also supporting jobs, consumers and Ohio’s economy. In fact, ...
Over the past decade, it's come to light that plastic recycling is mostly bogus – essentially a marketing scheme crafted by the oil industry. (Raw plastic materials come from fossil fuel production.) ...
This past year has seen a frenetic push to enact federal environmental laws, fueled by a looming national target: 50% ...
PROVIDENCE – Looked at one way, Rhode Island isn’t doing a bad job with recycling. More than 70,000 tons of paper, plastics, glass and metals were sorted at the state’s central recycling center and ...
Sheila Roquitte, Deputy Mission Director at USAID talking to workers at the aggregation centre along Kangundo Road in Nairobi. [James Wanzala, Standard] Recycling of waste plastic bottles has received ...