Not all plastic is the same. Old yogurt cups and milk jugs, for example, don’t play well together when being turned into new ...

The global impact is massive. Europe alone generates between 7 and 9 million tons of aluminum waste from cars each year.

Consumers love the idea of recycling, but companies often use the term to conceal processes that are unsustainable and environmentally unfriendly.

A new study uses advanced imaging technology to identify materials in municipal solid waste that can be separated for ...

Recycling can be complicated—so many of us are throwing everything in the recycling bin and hoping for the best. Avoiding these nine common recycling mistakes will make you a better ...

NPR's Emily Kwong and Regina Barber of Short Wave talk about an innovation in plastic recycling, the link between smartphones and hemorrhoids and what Mars' structure and ice cream have in common.

The Trump administration recently removed a major roadblock for chemical recycling, an unproven set of technologies that the oil and plastic industries are pitching as a panacea to the world’s plastic ...

Is recycling working?Only 17% of Pittsburgh's garbage gets recycled PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Is recycling working? We all assume it is when we put our recycling bins out on the curb every week. But ...

The new schedule increases the overall yearly recycling pickups for residents and syncs them with collections for household ...