According to the Environmental Protection Agency, almost 94 tons of municipal solid waste were recycled and composed in 2018 – about 32%. But there's also the looming issue of contamination, rendering ...

Tossing everything into the blue bin (or however it’s sorted in your area) feels like a good deed for the planet. People ...

Austin, Texas — Aluminum and fiber products will increasingly take a bite out of plastic's share of global packaging markets in the years ahead, according to a long-time packaging sector analyst.

Recycling right can not only save money, it can also save energy and natural resources. When materials are properly recycled, they can be made in new products and let raw materials have to be ...

Recycling in the United States as we know it today, started with the ragman. The ragman went from house to house to buy old cloth for international trade in rags to make into paper. During World War ...

Prices are down by over 50 percent and transportation to new markets is also more expensive Residents, businesses and municipalities, have begun paying more because of this lack of viable markets In ...

Paper, plastic, glass and metal are separated and consolidated into bales that are sold, and buyers use the recycled material to create new products, like post-consumer paper, pellets, etc. – all ...

The much-anticipated U.N. Climate Summit, which began today in New York, is ostensibly a platform for world leaders to leap frog debates over whether climate change is real, and skip straight to ...