ABC News

We’re recycling but garbage keeps piling up: What you may not know about the recycling industry

Recycling is being called into question as landfills keep growing. When Chip Britting celebrated the first Earth Day in April 1970, the then-teenager saw recycling as a promising industry and went on ...
NPR

The importance of recycling plastic may be a myth

So many of us have grown up learning not to throw away plastics - right? -like, that they belong in the recycling bin, not the trash. Well now, California is suing ExxonMobil and saying that that is a ...
Teen Vogue

What Is Recycling? The Definition Is So Broad That It Allows Corporations to Dupe Consumers

This story was produced by Grist and co-published with Teen Vogue. In Seattle, as in most cities around the country, there are a number of items that you aren’t supposed to put in the curbside ...
WTSP

Here’s how much of your curbside recycling is getting trashed and why

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Dale Gruver faithfully fills his recycle bin each week before wheeling it to the curb of his home in Town ‘N Country to be picked up. As far as rituals go, Gruver hopes his ...
Popular Science

Plastic makers lied about recycling for decades. What do we do next?

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. For decades, plastic producers knowingly misled the public about the ...
The New York Times

I’m Appalled by What I Learned About Recycling. But We Can Fix It.

Mr. Franklin-Wallis is the author of “Wasteland: The Secret World of Waste and the Urgent Search for a Cleaner Future” and an editor at GQ. It happened again the other night: Washing up after dinner, ...
Sarasota Magazine

Is Recycling a Waste of Time?

I like to think of myself as a good caretaker of the planet. To that end, I am faithful about placing my recyclable waste items—plastic containers, glass bottles and jars, cans, paper and ...
WTHR

We followed your curbside recycling with GPS trackers, drones and undercover cameras. Here’s where it ended up

INDIANAPOLIS — When you roll your cans, bottles and carboard out to the curb to be recycled, where do they actually go? That’s the question the 13News VERIFY team receives more than any other. “How ...
Fast Company

This recycling robot is saving millions of bottles from the landfill

If you throw a plastic water bottle or yogurt cup in a recycling bin, it might not necessarily be recycled. Inside sprawling warehouses that the industry calls “MRFs” or materials recovery facilities, ...
Mashable

TerraCycle is a free recycling hack for K-cups, toothpaste tubes, and all your hard-to-recycle stuff: How it works

All products featured here are independently selected by our editors and writers. If you buy something through links on our site, Mashable may earn an affiliate commission. Credit: Image Credit: Ian ...
Hosted on MSN

6 Kitchen Items You're Probably Recycling Wrong—and What to Do Instead

Don’t just toss these six items in your recycling bin. Many common kitchen items like clamshells, foil and greasy pizza boxes often can’t go in curbside recycling. Food residue on containers and mixed ...