Over dinner, I share something surprising I recently learned: the recycle symbol on plastic isn’t a guarantee your item is actually recyclable. I break down what the numbers under the symbol ...

A fire sent massive plumes of smoke into the air late Monday night at a recycling and waste depot in an industrial area of Victoria.

This masthead sent a packaging expert images of products with recycling symbols and labels. None were recyclable in Australia.

Plastics: rinse plastics before putting them in the recycling bin. It’s important to know that the numbers 1 to 7 on plastics, inside a recycling symbol, do not necessarily mean the item can be ...