State lawmakers are looking to put Mr. Trash Wheel on a diet by considering a bill that would add bottle deposits to ...

The D.C. Council is considering legislation that would allow people to return used bottles and cans for a deposit, reviving a local push for the recycling ... and more fun. Sign up for the Post ...

One of the biggest recycling misconceptions is assuming the recycling facility can easily separate items placed in the bin, says Jay Simmons, packaging product development manager from North Pacific ...

ABC Science took three packaging products that are common and relatively easy to recycle — glass bottles, aluminium cans and PET plastic bottles — to see just how much of each makes it through ...

Coca-Cola can also find domestic aluminum sources and increase the price for customers, CEO James Quincey said.

WASHINGTON — Councilmember Brianne Nadeau introduced the 'Recycling Refund and Litter Reduction Amendment Act of 2025', also known as “The Bottle Bill”. If passed, Nadeau said the bill would ...

She said if Maryland implemented the program, 3.6 billion more cans and bottles, including 2.3 billion plastic bottles, would be recycled every year. The bill was introduced at the start of the ...

The scheme launched in Ireland on February 1, 2024, and was designed (as the UK's upcoming paid-recycling scheme is) to reduce littering of plastic bottles and cans by paying for returns. But ...

President Donald Trump said Monday he is banning federal use of paper straws, saying they “don’t work” and don’t last very ...

Lawmakers came close to approving the Packaging Reduction and Recycling Infrastructure Act last session. That bill would require the state to reduce its use of single-use plastic packaging ... make ...

Cllr Kate Walsh, Hyndburn Council's portfolio holder for families and sustainability, said: "I warmly welcome the introduction of the deposit return scheme for plastic bottles and cans.

In a move designed to address the pressing issue of plastic waste ... successful in motivating consumers to recycle more single-use bottles and cans. Countries such as Germany, Sweden, and ...