You can recycle metal, plastics, paper cartons, glass, paper, books, newspapers, magazines, and cardboard. Find out more specifics by reading the Acceptable Materials for Recycling page. Keep in mind ...

Some states, municipalities and private-sector companies are pushing to make composting as commonplace as recycling. But it's a long-haul effort. Composting has many benefits for the environment. It ...

Compostable, recyclable, biodegradable. What do they all mean? Is biodegradable different than compostable? Is compostable better than recyclable? Recycling is the process of taking a product and ...

Fall is a perfect time to consider composting. As our days get cooler and shorter, deciduous trees will begin to shed their leaves. I can remember as a kid raking up at least 80 bags a year of live ...

American trees are in trouble. Based on recent estimates, up to one in every six native species in the continental US is in danger of going extinct, due to mounting threats such as invasive species, ...

Waste360 asked three waste and recycling experts for their thoughts on what we might expect in the next few years. Here’s ...

While recycling has sustained a healthy amount of public skepticism - in some cases due to disheartening statistics like Illinois' 8.7% plastic recycling rate - the transformative process does work ...

Here are some stomach-churning statistics about food waste: Americans throw away one-quarter of all the food and beverages we buy. In Washington, food accounts for 16 percent of the total waste stream ...

People often complain that long lines at Denver International Airport are a waste of time, but there are also tons of actual waste cycling through the airport each year. And the airport hopes to make ...