According to the Environmental Protection Agency, almost 94 tons of municipal solid waste were recycled and composed in 2018 – about 32%. But there's also the looming issue of contamination, rendering ...

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Commingled recycling, or single-stream recycling, is the system in which all plastic, metals, paper, and other recyclables are mixed into a single collection truck. This means residents do not need to ...

The new Simpler Recycling rules come into force from 31 March 2026. Councils will have to standardise their recycling ...

Just 9% of all plastic waste ever created has been recycled, researchers estimate. Last year, the U.S. exported 74,000 shipping containers of plastic waste to low-income countries, researcher Jan Dell ...

PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Is recycling working? We all assume it is when we put our recycling bins out on the curb every week. But the truth is much of it, especially plastic, is ending up in our landfills ...

I used to be that person who obsessively rinsed out jars and separated every tiny piece of paper from plastic. You know the ...

This story was produced by Grist and co-published with Teen Vogue. In Seattle, as in most cities around the country, there are a number of items that you aren’t supposed to put in the curbside ...