Summer means getting gardens in shape and buying plants to add color or greenery to the yard. But it also means being left with all those plastic containers that the plants come in, which typically ...

Recycling plastic is an easy way to reduce waste and protect the environment. Old plastic bottles can be turned into planters ...

Australia's recycling system has been lurching from one crisis to another for decades. Soft-plastic schemes are collapsing, ...

Plastic barrel cutting and recycling is a smart way to repurpose materials and reduce waste. With a few simple tools, you can ...

"Items like helium/oxygen/propane tanks and electronic waste pose a threat to curbside collection drivers, recycling workers, ...

When Whatcom County residents learned recently that trash and recycling hauler Sanitary Service Co. wasn’t accepting clamshell containers anymore, the folks at Ridwell, a waste reduction and recycling ...

When you buy a new iPhone, Apple takes it back when you're done with it. When you finish a bottle of Coke in Germany, the manufacturer pays for its recycling. So why does your 4,000-pound SUV – ...