Or show children this kid-friendly cartoon that illustrates ... clean cardboard and add it to your bin. Plastic water bottles can go into your curbside recycling bin, but most end up in landfills ...

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Some of us imagine that anything plastic can be safely put in the recycling bin, but that’s not the case, Professor Karl Williams, director for waste management at the University of Central Lancashire ...

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 ...

Researchers from Tsinghua University in China said the rate of recycling had barely budged even as plastic production had exploded, presenting a "pressing global environmental challenge." ...

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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 ...

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Investigative journalist John Stossel investigates why recycling plastic is counterproductive. He speaks with science writer John Tierney about why it would be cheaper and more environmentally ...