Most black plastic containers are non-recyclable. Takeout containers are becoming more eco-friendly, but there are still some that you can't recycle. Mastering recycling in 2025 means understanding ...

Besides their good habits of buying items with minimal packaging, their city offers comprehensive curbside recycling and composting — and it’s strongly expected that everyone know how to use them ...

The Conversation reports on single-stream recycling, emphasizing its convenience but noting significant contamination issues ...

We’ve all seen the little triangle of arrows on the bottoms of plastic bottles and other containers, intended to guide consumers to proper plastic recycling. But if you also have noticed the ...

I recently had the chance to chat with nearly 400 lively 5th and 6th graders from southwest Minnesota about recycling. We jazzed things up with a Q&A game featuring the ever-popular Plinko — because ...

The Association of Plastic Recyclers has put approvals for packaging with fluorinated "forever chemicals" on hold, citing ...

Recycling plants are amassing millions of tons of plastic bottles. Recycling plants are amassing millions of tons of plastic bottles, the Environmental Protection Agency says, with some becoming part ...

An ABC News investigation offers a rare glimpse into the plastic waste trade. Pua Lay Peng lives on the front lines of the global plastic pollution crisis. The 52-year-old's hometown of Jenjarom, ...

The state of Oregon reported that the recycling rate for rigid plastic containers in the state declined in 2005 to 24.3 percent. Further, according to a report by the state’s Department of ...

Tossing the wrong items into recycling can gum up the entire process. Here are seven takeout containers that should skip the ...