If you throw a plastic water bottle or yogurt cup in a recycling bin, it might not necessarily be recycled. Inside sprawling warehouses that the industry calls “MRFs” or materials recovery facilities, ...

Over the past decade, it's come to light that plastic recycling is mostly bogus – essentially a marketing scheme crafted by the oil industry. (Raw plastic materials come from fossil fuel production.) ...

If you live in one of the 10 U.S. states with a bottle deposit program, you’re probably familiar with the idea of feeding your empty plastic bottles or aluminum cans into a machine and getting a few ...

An open aluminum can on its side with various silver coins in front of it - Maciej Dubel/Shutterstock As the 1960s gave way to the 1970s, "America the Beautiful" became more like "America the Trash ...

Every empty plastic bottle has the potential to become something useful instead of ending up in a rubbish bin. With a little ...

As the 1960s gave way to the 1970s, "America the Beautiful" became more like "America the Trash Dump." The government and its citizens not only took notice of litter everywhere but also finally began ...