Outside a hulking, beige structure shaped like a barn, a few miles northeast of downtown Tyler, Karen Combs spots something glossy and red on a gloomy January afternoon. “There was your Skittles,” she ...

Recycling is a local enterprise, which means every system isn’t able to process all the same materials. Some take glass; some ...

While it is true that a high amount of plastic cannot be reused, the act of recycling is valuable because of the amount of plastic that we can save — and the positive, sustainable habits that ...

We all know we should recycle our waste routinely but come on let’s get real, as it can get complicated in a hurry and with lack of knowledge. With the blue bins and the grey carts and the ...

In case you missed it, in August of this year there were more than 8 billion of us on the planet. Although seven billion or ...

TOLEDO, Ohio (WTVG) - Wrapping paper is paper, but it isn’t so simple to recycle. Laminate covers and wax coatings make wrapping paper unable to be recycled. “We try to avoid glitter because that can ...

MIAMI - America generates about 97 billion pounds of plastic waste every year – the most on the planet. In the U.S., one of the biggest users of single-use plastic cups is Starbucks – 75% of its ...

Today, economic development is impossible without packaging: it makes products convenient to use and recognizable, protects them from mechanical damage, and ensures their transportation. Increasingly, ...

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 ...

Generally, you don't need to remove paper labels from metal or aluminum cans before you chuck them in the recycling bin. When the cans are recycled, the heat applied to the metal burns away the paper ...

Port Stephens Council and BlockTexx®, an Australian clean technology company, have joined forces to divert unwanted household linens from ...