and most plastic cups and lids in the blue recycling bin. It's generally safe to recycle milk jugs, soda bottles, and any other "No. 1 and No. 2 bottles and jugs, because those are worth the most ...

it doesn’t matter where or how you set out your plastic for recycling collection, whether at the end of your driveway, at your local recycling center, or in a municipal recycling bin ...

In cities that use single-stream recycling, consumers put all of their recyclable materials − paper, cardboard, plastic, glass and metal − into a single bin. Once collected, the mixed ...

They wanted to put their strawberry containers, bags, yogurt cups and all manner of plastic trash in their recycling bin. "We had to re-educate individuals that a great deal of that material is ...

Here's what to put in the recycling bin and what you should avoid ... can and can't be recycled and how best to recycle them. Plastic clamshell containers: Clear plastic takeout containers ...

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 ...

When it comes to plastic, the rules can be extra confusing -- there's a lot more to it than tossing a water bottle in the recycling bin and calling it a day. Here's why: Not all plastics can be ...

Many consumers trust that when they toss a plastic cup into a recycling bin at a restaurant or coffee shop, it will be recycled and turned into something new. However, a CBS News investigation ...

Plastic wrap. Children’s toys. Entire lamps. For all the efforts to promote the importance of recycling, there’s a dearth of knowledge about which household items actually belong in the bin.