Most people toss their empty laundry detergent container into the recycling bin without thinking twice. It’s plastic, it has a recycling symbol on it, so it should get recycled. Right? Not ...

China stopped accepting American plastic scrap in 2018 and U.S. recycling exports dropped by more than 70% since then.

Mastering recycling in 2025 means understanding what actually belongs in your bin. Takeout containers might look recyclable, but appearances can be deceiving -- many should either be reused, if ...

Unlike paper and glass, items made of plastic can sometimes be tricky to recycle. In many cases, plastic water bottles should be thrown in the recycling bin intact (not crushed) with the cap left ...

Laundry detergent jugs are made from one of the most commonly recyclable plastics on the market. Most curbside programs accept them. But being recyclable and being recycled are two different things.

A lot of us have increased our takeout and delivery food consumption in 2020. Dining at a restaurant — especially indoors — poses a number of risks amid the coronavirus pandemic, so meal delivery ...

Just 9% of all plastic waste ever created has been recycled, researchers estimate. Last year, the U.S. exported 74,000 shipping containers of plastic waste to low-income countries, researcher Jan Dell ...

In an effort to mitigate consumer confusion and help maintain the integrity of recyclable materials streams, three laws proposed in North Carolina and Alabama would require containers made from ...

DTG Recycle, a Bothell, Washinton-based recycler of commercial, industrial, construction and demolition material in the Pacific Northwest, has acquired substantially all assets of Rolloff Recyclers.