For decades, we've been told: recycle! "If we're not using recycled paper, we're cutting down more trees!" says Lynn Hoffman, co-president of Eureka Recycling. Recycling paper (or cardboard) does save ...

The Kroger Co. has launched a program that allows customers a free and easy way to recycle flexible packaging, including difficult to recycle produce bags, bread bags and plastic overwrap, of more ...

The state’s recycling agency has received a letter from a sorting plant operator that says gable-top cartons are unwelcome in ...

Recycling in America is in a precarious place these days. It's more popular than ever, but without a clear path ahead on logistics. "It's a cultural issue because most people don't really want to deal ...

The recycling industry is typically in flux and it is really challenging for folks to know from one month to the next what is happening where. I can tell you, though, that the industry is trying to ...

People ask all the time, “What can I do to reduce plastic and waste?” We have all seen the explosion in our lives of items that come encapsulated in layers of plastic. Or the deliveries that arrive at ...

I want to believe that recycling is the answer to our plastic waste problem, and yet I’m constantly discouraged by reality. I’ve been thinking about recycling after editing this week’s cover story, ...

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