Trying to recycle the wrong materials only clogs up the system. We asked a recycling expert about the dos and don'ts of recycling takeout boxes.

Following the opening of its new material recovery facility (MRF) in Columbus, Ohio, earlier this summer, Rumpke Waste & Recycling will expand the recyclables it accepts to include clamshell plastic ...

Those crinkly plastic cartons are so much more than just a single-use receptacle for storing your favorite fruit.

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The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation is reminding businesses, organizations and consumers of the waste ...

Interseroh Dienstleistungs GmbH, Cologne, Germany, says it has developed a special formula of its Procyclen recycled plastic for the mail-order retailer memo AG. In the future, containers used in the ...

Microplastics Are Invading Your Meals - and Your Body Here's something that might make you rethink tonight's dinner. 11 ...

A typical takeout scenario: You buy a meal to go, eat every bite, rinse the container and toss it in the recycling bin, just like you’ve done many times before. Wait. Don’t do that, not if the takeout ...