Trying to recycle the unrecyclable only clogs the system more. Here are seven takeout containers that belong in the garbage.

Throwing your plastic bottles in the recycling bin may make you feel good about yourself, or ease your guilt about your ...

In her new book “The Problem with Plastic,” a former EPA official looks at the costs of plastic overproduction and how we can ...

Recycling is about to get greener in central Ohio, thanks to artificial intelligence. "Rumpke is berry egg-cited to announce that clamshell plastic containers are now recyclable," Rumpke Waste & ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — Rumpke recycling customers will soon no longer have to stuff their trash cans with bulky produce clamshell packaging and cumbersome plastic carry-out containers. Rumpke Waste ...

We’ve all seen the little triangle of arrows on the bottoms of plastic bottles and other containers, intended to guide consumers to proper plastic recycling. But if you also have noticed the ...

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The outlook is grim, but a new report lays out a path to nearly eradicate plastic packaging pollution within the next 15 ...

Plastic takeout food containers are no longer being accepted for recycling and must be thrown out, Whatcom County’s waste hauler said in a social media post last week. Such containers include the ...

Deschutes county residents can now drop off certain products for recycling, including several kinds of plastic.