When that happens, the entire bag is treated like trash. Holiday decorations and wrapping materials also create confusion.

America Recycles Day is an educational event by Keep America Beautiful. It is the only nationally recognized day that’s all ...

The following essay is reprinted with permission from The Conversation, an online publication covering the latest research. Every week, millions of Americans toss their recyclables into a single bin, ...

Over the past decade, it's come to light that plastic recycling is mostly bogus – essentially a marketing scheme crafted by the oil industry. (Raw plastic materials come from fossil fuel production.) ...

STAMFORD — Early on a recent weekday morning, a woman with cropped gray hair walked the streets of Springdale carrying a large plastic bag. It was garbage and recycling pickup day for the neighborhood ...