Recycling the wrong things makes the whole system run slower. Here are seven takeout containers that don't belong in your ...

Currently, only 20 companies produce more than half of the world’s single-use plastic waste. Addressing the problem at its source and regulating manufacturers may help reduce overall plastic waste.

Please recycle only clean, dry plastic bags or sheets. Remove receipts or any other items from bags. Rigid crinkly plastic bags are unacceptable. Do not include the following.

By embedding a microscopic change in a pattern of pixels—called an invisible bar code—on the label, software can instantly identify the package so it can be sorted and recycled correctly.

Novolex, a packaging firm based in Hartsville, South Carolina, has announced that it has the How2Recycle Store Drop-off label to products across its business units. According to a news release from ...

If you include all forms of polypropylene, that number falls to just 0.6 percent. One reason PP is difficult to recycle is that it’s not as clean or pure as other kinds of plastic.

If you’re trying to recycle one item, use Earth911’s recycling search program. You’ll identify the item you’re trying to recycle and your zip code for a list of recycling centers nearby.

A New Jersey company called TerraCycle collects all sorts of hard-to-recycle household waste -- from people are willing to pay to help solve the landfill problem. The upcycled material is sorted ...