Recycling the wrong things makes the whole system run slower. Here are seven takeout containers that don't belong in your recycling bin.

A weekly question and answer column on what to recycle, what not to recycle, and why in Brunswick. The public is encouraged to submit questions to [email protected] ...

Is recycling really worth the effort? Easy answer: Yes. There’s an entire industry devoted to finding another use for all the glass, aluminum, paper, and plastic you drop into the blue bin. The Waste ...

We all know that recycling is good for the planet. But sometimes, the difference between what you should and shouldn't recycle isn't obvious. When it comes to plastic, the rules can be extra confusing ...

Recycling is a great way to reduce your negative environmental impact, but tossing these items in your bin might end up doing ...

The amount of plastic produced annually in the U.S. has grown from 35 million tons in 1970 to 460 million tons today. Shifting the responsibility for disposal of packaging from municipalities to ...

A new report from Greenpeace found that people may be putting plastic into recycling bins — but almost none of it is actually being recycled. Meanwhile, plastic production is ramping up.

Representatives for organizations such as America’s Plastic Makers and the Flexible Packaging Association urged federal ...

The environmental price has also been high because the plastic in American recycling bins has gone to developing countries with primitive waste-handling systems.

Plastic film can be recycled, but not in your curbside recycling bin — most municipalities in the United States don't accept it. Instead, you can recycle it by bringing it to a drop-off location.

Last year, about 68,000 shipping containers' worth of plastic recycling waste from the U.S. were shipped to developing countries, which mismanage over 70% of their own plastic waste, they wrote.

The vast majority of plastic that people put into recycling bins is headed to landfills, or worse, according to a report from Greenpeace on the state of plastic recycling in the U.S.. The report ...