Key Points Never recycle to-go coffee cups or grocery bags because they can contain other materials.Lightweight items like plastic straws can disrupt recycling processes.Check your local town's ...

Let's be real. Nobody likes looking into their garbage bin.It smells awful, looks worse, and most of us toss a bag into the ...

Creating waste goes hand in hand with modern society. But how we dispose of it has changed significantly in recent decades. Disposal sites have largely moved from small, unregulated landfills where ...

I like to think of myself as a good caretaker of the planet. To that end, I am faithful about placing my recyclable waste items—plastic containers, glass bottles and jars, cans, paper and ...

Workers sort through garbage to see what's in landfills. (IA DNR photo) The Iowa DNR has released three studies on the environmental and economic impacts of recycling in the state. The DNR’s Laurie ...

When the Meals on Wheels program in Syracuse stopped using Styrofoam trays, it donated hundreds of unused trays to Utica Creative Reuse. Second graders at Bradley Elementary School in New Hartford ...

A digital platform designed to make waste and recycling information easy to find, understand and use is being rolled out across the suburbs and statewide. If you haven’t been notified already, chances ...

Southfield residents have a new option for food scraps by turning them into nutrient-rich compost. They join a number of Oakland County communities recycling food. People can sign up for the free ...

James Robson from Bowthorpe Growth Partners highlights the trends in the waste, recycling and circular economy sector attracting investment in 2026. OPINION: As global demand for sustainable growth ...