Some items you can recycle in one city may be prohibited in another. Batteries, plastic bags, small appliances, and more may ...

Recycling properly takes a bit of precision. Here are seven takeout containers that should stay out of the blue bin.

It’s easy to get confused about what can and can’t be recycled. The No. 1 rule is to follow your local guidelines. Print them and post them by your recycling bins for quick reference. But ...

Like a lot of locals, Erin Harris really wants to recycle as much as she can. “But we were doing most everything wrong,” Harris said, expressing a common lament when it comes to knowing what you can ...

Ridwell, and companies like it, offer to take complex plastic items you can't put in your blue bin and find a home for them.

BOISE, Idaho — Christmas day has come and gone, gifts have been opened, wrapping paper and accessories are everywhere, and trees are being taken down. Now, it's time for the Christmas cleanup.

Ever stood over a recycling bin wondering if that plastic packaging, block of Styrofoam or old can of paint in your hand can be recycled? Such confusion often leads to wishcycling — that is, putting t ...

Households in England will soon have to get their heads around changes in recycling, as new rules designed to simplify the system are being introduced. From 31 March 2026, people will have to separate ...

The UK has issued updated guidance explaining which plastic packaging can realistically be collected, sorted and reprocessed through existing recycling infrastructure.

Changes to household collections are part of wider moves to increase the recycling rates, which have stalled in recent years.

Think twice before tossing pizza boxes in the recycling bin. Although pizza boxes are made from the recyclable material corrugated cardboard, many North Jersey counties restrict how they can be ...